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28.Dd December 16, 2007
29.Dt ILOGB 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ilogb ,
33.Nm ilogbf ,
34.Nm ilogbl ,
35.Nm logb ,
36.Nm logbf ,
37.Nm logbl
38.Nd extract exponent
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libm
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In math.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn ilogb "double x"
45.Ft int
46.Fn ilogbf "float x"
47.Ft int
48.Fn ilogbl "long double x"
49.Ft double
50.Fn logb "double x"
51.Ft float
52.Fn logbf "float x"
53.Ft long double
54.Fn logbl "long double x"
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56.Fn ilogb ,
57.Fn ilogbf
58and
59.Fn ilogbl
60return
61.Fa x Ns 's exponent
62in integer format.
63.Fn ilogb \*(Pm\*(If
64returns
65.Dv INT_MAX ,
66.Fn ilogb \*(Pm\*(Na
67returns
68.Dv FP_ILOGBNAN ,
69and
70.Fn ilogb 0
71returns
72.Dv FP_ILOGB0 .
73.Pp
74.Fn logb x ,
75.Fn logbf x ,
76and
77.Fn logbl x
78return
79.Fa x Ns 's exponent
80in floating\-point format with the same precision as
81.Fa x .
82.Fn logb \*(Pm\*(If
83returns +\*(If, and
84.Fn logb 0
85returns -\*(If with a division by zero exception.
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr frexp 3 ,
88.Xr ieee 3 ,
89.Xr math 3 ,
90.Xr scalbn 3
91.Sh STANDARDS
92The
93.Fn ilogb ,
94.Fn ilogbf ,
95.Fn ilogbl ,
96.Fn logb ,
97.Fn logbf ,
98and
99.Fn logbl
100routines conform to
101.St -isoC-99 .
102The latter three
103implement the logb function recommended by
104.St -ieee754 .
105.Sh HISTORY
106.Bl -tag -width "Function " -compact
107.It Em Function
108.Em "First Appeared In"
109.It Fn logb
110.Bx 4.3
111.It Fn ilogb
112.Fx 1.1.5
113.It Fn ilogbf
114.Fx 2.0
115.It Fn logbf
116.Fx 2.0
117.It Fn ilogbl
118.Fx 5.4
119.It Fn logbl
120.Fx 8.0
121.El
122