NAME

       logb, logbf, logbl - get exponent of a floating-point value

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double logb(double x);
       float logbf(float x);
       long double logbl(long double x);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       logb():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED ||
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99
       logbf(), logbl():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  extract the exponent from the internal floating-point representation of x and return it
       as a floating-point value.  The integer constant FLT_RADIX, defined in  <float.h>,  indicates  the  radix
       used  for  the  system's  floating-point  representation.   If  FLT_RADIX  is  2,  logb(x)  is  equal  to
       floor(log2(x)), except that it is probably faster.

       If x is subnormal, logb() returns the exponent x would have if it were normalized.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, these functions return the exponent of x.

       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.

       If x is zero, then a pole error occurs, and the functions return -HUGE_VAL,  -HUGE_VALF,  or  -HUGE_VALL,
       respectively.

       If x is negative infinity or positive infinity, then positive infinity is returned.

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:

       Pole error: x is 0
              A divide-by-zero floating-point exception (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised.

       These functions do not set errno.

CONFORMING TO

       C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

       ilogb(3), log(3)

COLOPHON

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                                                   2010-09-20                                            LOGB(3)