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.Dd $Mdocdate: December 12 2008 $
.Dt IEEE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm copysign ,
.Nm copysignf ,
.Nm copysignl ,
.Nm ilogb ,
.Nm ilogbf ,
.Nm ilogbl ,
.Nm nextafter ,
.Nm nextafterf ,
.Nm scalbn ,
.Nm scalbnf ,
.Nm scalbnl
.Nd functions for IEEE arithmetic
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <math.h>
.Ft double
.Fn copysign "double x" "double y"
.Ft float
.Fn copysignf "float x" "float y"
.Ft long double
.Fn copysignl "long double x" "long double y"
.Ft int
.Fn ilogb "double x"
.Ft int
.Fn ilogbf "float x"
.Ft int
.Fn ilogbl "long double x"
.Ft double
.Fn nextafter "double x" "double y"
.Ft float
.Fn nextafterf "float x" "float y"
.Ft double
.Fn scalbn "double x" "int n"
.Ft float
.Fn scalbnf "float x" "int n"
.Ft long double
.Fn scalbnl "long double x" "int n"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions are required or recommended by
.St -ieee754 .
.Pp
.Fn copysign
returns
.Fa x
with its sign changed to
.Fa y Ns 's.
The
.Fn copysignf
function is a single precision version of
.Fn copysign .
The
.Fn copysignl
function is an extended precision version of
.Fn copysign .
.Pp
.Fn ilogb
returns
.Fa x Ns 's exponent
.Fa n ,
in integer format.
.Fn ilogb \*(Pm\*(If
returns
.Dv INT_MAX
and
.Fn ilogb 0
returns
.Dv INT_MIN .
The
.Fn ilogbf
function is a single precision version of
.Fn ilogb .
The
.Fn ilogbl
function is an extended precision version of
.Fn ilogb .
.Pp
.Fn nextafter
returns the next machine representable number from
.Fa x
in direction
.Fa y .
The
.Fn nextafterf
function is a single precision version of
.Fn nextafter .
.Pp
.Fn scalbn
returns
.Fa x Ns \(**(2** Ns Fa n )
computed by exponent manipulation.
The
.Fn scalbnf
function is a single precision version of
.Fn scalbn .
The
.Fn scalbnl
function is an extended precision version of
.Fn scalbn .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr math 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.St -ieee754
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm ieee
functions appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .