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significandl (3)
SIGNIFICAND(3) Linux Programmer's Manual SIGNIFICAND(3)
NAME
significand, significandf, significandl - get mantissa of floating
point number
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double significand(double x);
float significandf(float x);
long double significandl(long double x);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
significand(), significandf(), significandl(): _SVID_SOURCE ||
_BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The significand() function returns the mantissa of x scaled to the
range [1,2). It is equivalent to
scalb(x, (double) -ilogb(x))
This function exists mainly for use in certain standardized tests for
IEEE 754 conformance.
SEE ALSO
ilogb(3), scalb(3)
GNU 2007-07-26 SIGNIFICAND(3)
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