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SCALBN(3)	      DragonFly Library Functions Manual	     SCALBN(3)

NAME
     scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, ldexp, ldexpf,
     ldexpl -- adjust exponent

LIBRARY
     Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <math.h>

     double
     scalbln(double x, long n);

     float
     scalblnf(float x, long n);

     long double
     scalblnl(long double x, long n);

     double
     scalbn(double x, int n);

     float
     scalbnf(float x, int n);

     long double
     scalbnl(long double x, int n);

     double
     ldexp(double x, int n);

     float
     ldexpf(float x, int n);

     long double
     ldexpl(long double x, int n);

DESCRIPTION
     These routines return x*(2**n) computed by exponent manipulation.

SEE ALSO
     exp(3), frexp(3), math(3)

STANDARDS
     These routines conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99''), and they
     implement the Scalb function recommended by IEEE Std 754-1985.

HISTORY
     The scalbn() and scalbnf() functions appeared in 4.3BSD and FreeBSD 2.0,
     respectively.  The scalbln(), scalblnf(), scalblnl() and scalbln() first
     appeared in DragonFly 2.13.

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