frexp3p
Extract mantissa and exponent from a double precision number
Usage
#include <math.h>
double frexp(double num, int *exp); float frexpf(float num, int *exp); long double frexpl(long double num, int *exp);
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
Overview
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.
These functions shall break a floating-point number num into a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2. The integer exponent shall be stored in the int object pointed to by exp.
Return value
For finite arguments, these functions shall return the value x, such that x has a magnitude in the interval [½,1) or 0, and num equals x times 2 raised to the power *exp.
If num is NaN, a NaN shall be returned, and the value of *exp is unspecified.
If num is ±0, ±0 shall be returned, and the value of *exp shall be 0.
If num is ±Inf, num shall be returned, and the value of *exp is unspecified.
Errors
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
Examples
None.
Application usage
None.
Rationale
None.
Future directions
None.