ILOGB(3M) Mathematical Library Functions ILOGB(3M)

ilogb, ilogbf, ilogbl - return an unbiased exponent

c99 [ flag... ] file... -lm [ library... ]
#include <math.h>
int ilogb(double x);

int ilogbf(float x);

int ilogbl(long double x);

cc [ flag... ] file... -lm [ library... ]
#include <math.h>
int ilogb(double x);

int ilogbf(float x);

int ilogbl(long double x);

These functions return the exponent part of their argument x. Formally, the return value is the integral part of log(r)| x | as a signed integral value, for non-zero x, where r is the radix of the machine's floating point arithmetic, which is the value of FLT_RADIX defined in <float.h>.

Upon successful completion, these functions return the exponent part of x as a signed integer value. They are equivalent to calling the corresponding logb(3M) function and casting the returned value to type int.

If x is 0, the value FP_ILOGB0 is returned. For SUSv3-conforming applications compiled with the c99 compiler driver (see standards(7)), a domain error occurs.

If x is ±Inf, the value INT_MAX is returned. For SUSv3-conforming applications compiled with the c99 compiler driver, a domain error occurs.

If x is NaN, the value FP_ILOGBNAN is returned. For SUSv3-conforming applications compiled with the c99 compiler driver, a domain error occurs.

These functions will fail if:

Domain Error

The x argument is zero, NaN, or ±Inf.

If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the invalid floating-point exception is raised.

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
MT-Level MT-Safe

limits.h(3HEAD), math.h(3HEAD), feclearexcept(3M), fetestexcept(3M), logb(3M), scalb(3M), attributes(7), standards(7)

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