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#include <math.h>double frexp(double num, int *exp);
The frexp() function breaks a floating-point number into a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2. It stores the integer exponent in the int object pointed to by exp.
The frexp() function returns the value x, such that x is a double with magnitude in the interval [½, 1) or 0, and num equals x times 2 raised to the power *exp.
If num is 0, both parts of the result are 0.
If num is NaN, NaN is returned and the value of *exp is unspecified.
If num is ±Inf, num is returned and the value of *exp is unspecified.
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to 0 before calling frexp(). If errno is non-zero on return, or the return value is NaN, an error has occurred.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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MT-Level | MT-Safe |
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