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  11 .TH log2 3M "12 Jul 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "Mathematical Library Functions"
  12 .SH NAME
  13 log2, log2f, log2l \- compute base 2 logarithm functions
  14 .SH SYNOPSIS
  15 .LP
  16 .nf
  17 c99 [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lm\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
  18 #include <math.h>
  19 
  20 \fBdouble\fR \fBlog2\fR(\fBdouble\fR \fIx\fR);
  21 .fi
  22 
  23 .LP
  24 .nf
  25 \fBfloat\fR \fBlog2f\fR(\fBfloat\fR \fIx\fR);
  26 .fi
  27 
  28 .LP
  29 .nf
  30 \fBlong double\fR \fBlog2l\fR(\fBlong double\fR \fIx\fR);
  31 .fi
  32 
  33 .SH DESCRIPTION
  34 .sp
  35 .LP
  36 These functions compute the base 2 logarithm of their argument \fIx\fR,
  37 \fBlog2\fR(\fIx\fR).
  38 .SH RETURN VALUES
  39 .sp
  40 .LP
  41 Upon successful completion, these functions return the base 2 logarithm of
  42 \fIx\fR.
  43 .sp
  44 .LP
  45 If \fIx\fR is \(+-0, a pole error occurs and \fBlog2()\fR, \fBlog2f()\fR, and
  46 \fBlog2l()\fR return \(mi\fBHUGE_VAL\fR, \(mi\fBHUGE_VALF\fR, and
  47 \(mi\fBHUGE_VALL\fR, respectively.
  48 .sp
  49 .LP
  50 For finite values of \fIx\fR that are less than 0,  or if \fIx\fR is \(miInf a
  51 domain error occurs and a NaN is returned.
  52 .sp
  53 .LP
  54 If \fIx\fR is NaN, a NaN is returned.
  55 .sp
  56 .LP
  57 If \fIx\fR is 1, +0 is returned.
  58 .sp
  59 .LP
  60 If \fIx\fR is +Inf, \fIx\fR is returned.
  61 .SH ERRORS
  62 .sp
  63 .LP
  64 These functions will fail if:
  65 .sp
  66 .ne 2
  67 .mk
  68 .na
  69 \fBDomain Error\fR
  70 .ad
  71 .RS 16n
  72 .rt  
  73 The finite value of \fIx\fR is less than 0, or \fIx\fR is \(miInf.
  74 .sp
  75 If the integer expression (\fBmath_errhandling\fR & \fBMATH_ERREXCEPT\fR) is
  76 non-zero, then the invalid floating-point exception is raised.
  77 .RE
  78 
  79 .sp
  80 .ne 2
  81 .mk
  82 .na
  83 \fBPole Error\fR
  84 .ad
  85 .RS 16n
  86 .rt  
  87 The value of \fIx\fR is 0.
  88 .sp
  89 If the integer expression (\fBmath_errhandling\fR & \fBMATH_ERREXCEPT\fR) is
  90 non-zero, then the divide-by-zero floating-point exception is raised.
  91 .RE
  92 
  93 .SH USAGE
  94 .sp
  95 .LP
  96 An application wanting to check for exceptions should call
  97 \fBfeclearexcept\fR(\fBFE_ALL_EXCEPT\fR) before calling these functions. On
  98 return, if \fBfetestexcept\fR(\fBFE_INVALID\fR | \fBFE_DIVBYZERO\fR |
  99 \fBFE_OVERFLOW\fR | \fBFE_UNDERFLOW\fR) is non-zero, an exception has been
 100 raised. An application should either examine the return value or check the
 101 floating point exception flags to detect exceptions.
 102 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 103 .sp
 104 .LP
 105 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 106 .sp
 107 
 108 .sp
 109 .TS
 110 tab() box;
 111 cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
 112 lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
 113 .
 114 ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
 115 _
 116 Interface StabilityStandard
 117 _
 118 MT-LevelMT-Safe
 119 .TE
 120 
 121 .SH SEE ALSO
 122 .sp
 123 .LP
 124 \fBfeclearexcept\fR(3M), \fBfetestexcept\fR(3M), \fBlog\fR(3M),
 125 \fBmath.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)