What is scalblnf in C?

scalblnf in C is used to multiply a floating-point value by FLT_RADIX raised to a user-specified value. scalblnf is defined in the math.h header file and the function declaration is as follows:

float scalblnf(float arg, long exp);

FLT_RADIX is an integer constant defined in <float.h>. Its value is 2 for most binary systems.

Parameters

arg: floating-point value

exp: long value

Return value

  • No errors: argFLT_RADIXexparg*FLT\_RADIX^{exp}

  • Range error due to underflow: Correct result after rounding

  • Range error due to overflow: ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF, or ±HUGE_VALL

Error handling

Errors are recorded according to the macro constant math_errhandling. Some special cases are handled as follows:

  • If arg is ±0±0, then unmodified arg is returned
  • If arg is ±\infty, then unmodified arg is returned
  • If exp is 00, then unmodified arg is returned
  • If arg is NaN, then NaN is returned

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <errno.h>
int main()
{
printf("scalblnf(3.0, 2) = %f\n", scalblnf(3.0, 2));
printf("scalblnf(5.0, -3) = %f\n", scalblnf(5.0,-3));
printf("scalblnf(7.0, 0) = %f\n", scalblnf(7.0, 0));
return 0;
}

Explanation

First, we import the math.h header file from the C standard library. The program then prints the output of scalblnf on possible example values.

scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, scalbln, and scalblnl perform the same function as scalblnf but differ in the data types of exp and return value.

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