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significand
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
significand, significandf, significandl -
get mantissa of floatin-point number
LIBRARY
Math library
( libm,~ -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double significand(double x);
float significandf(float x);
long double significandl(long double x);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
significand(),
significandf(),
significandl():
/* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the mantissa of
x
scaled to the range
[ 1,~ FLT_RADIX).
They are equivalent to
scalb(x, (double) -ilogb(x))
This function exists mainly for use in certain standardized tests
for IEEE 754 conformance.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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significand(),
significandf(),
significandl()
| Thread safety | M-Safe
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STANDARDS
None.
- significand()
-
BSD.
HISTORY
- significand()
-
BSD.
SEE ALSO
ilogb(3),
scalb(3)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- HISTORY
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