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31.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
32.Dt SCALBN 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm scalbln ,
36.Nm scalblnf ,
37.Nm scalblnl ,
38.Nm scalbn ,
39.Nm scalbnf ,
40.Nm scalbnl
41.Nd adjust exponent by radix
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In math.h
44.Ft double
45.Fn scalbln "double x" "long n"
46.Ft float
47.Fn scalblnf "float x" "long n"
48.Ft long double
49.Fn scalblnl "long double x" "long n"
50.Ft double
51.Fn scalbn "double x" "int n"
52.Ft float
53.Fn scalbnf "float x" "int n"
54.Ft long double
55.Fn scalbnl "long double x" "int n"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57.Fn scalbln
58and
59.Fn scalbn
60return
61.Fa x Ns \(**(2** Ns Fa n )
62computed by exponent manipulation.
63The
64.Fn scalblnf
65and
66.Fn scalbnf
67functions are single precision versions of
68.Fn scalbln
69and
70.Fn scalbn ,
71respectively.
72The
73.Fn scalblnl
74and
75.Fn scalbnl
76functions are extended precision versions of
77.Fn scalbln
78and
79.Fn scalbn ,
80respectively.
81.Sh STANDARDS
82.St -ieee754
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Nm scalbln ,
86.Nm scalblnf
87and
88.Nm scalblnl
89functions appeared in
90.Ox 4.7 .
91The
92.Nm scalbn ,
93.Nm scalbnf ,
94and
95.Nm scalbnl ,
96functions appeared in
97.Bx 4.3 ,
98.Nx 1.1
99and
100.Ox 4.5 ,
101respectively.
102