ilogb(3) Library Functions Manual ilogb(3)
NAME
ilogb, ilogbf, ilogbl - get integer exponent of a floating-point value
LIBRARY
Math library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
int ilogb(double x);
int ilogbf(float x);
int ilogbl(long double x);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ilogb():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
ilogbf(), ilogbl():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the exponent part of their argument as a signed
integer. When no error occurs, these functions are equivalent to the
corresponding logb(3) functions, cast to int.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the exponent of x, as a signed inte-
ger.
If x is zero, then a domain error occurs, and the functions return
FP_ILOGB0.
If x is a NaN, then a domain error occurs, and the functions return
FP_ILOGBNAN.
If x is negative infinity or positive infinity, then a domain error oc-
curs, and the functions return INT_MAX.
ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error
has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
Domain error: x is 0 or a NaN
An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised, and
errno is set to EDOM (but see BUGS).
Domain error: x is an infinity
An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised, and
errno is set to EDOM (but see BUGS).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attrib-
utes(7).
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ ilogb(), ilogbf(), ilogbl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
BUGS
Before glibc 2.16, the following bugs existed in the glibc implementa-
tion of these functions:
• The domain error case where x is 0 or a NaN did not cause errno to
be set or (on some architectures) raise a floating-point exception.
• The domain error case where x is an infinity did not cause errno to
be set or raise a floating-point exception.
SEE ALSO
log(3), logb(3), significand(3)
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