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<H1>SIGNIFICAND</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
significand, significandf, significandl -
get mantissa of floating-point number
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/math.h">math.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>double significand(double </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
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<B>float significandf(float </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
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<B>long double significandl(long double </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
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Link with <I>-lm</I>.
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>significand</B>(),
<B>significandf</B>(),
<B>significandl</B>():
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/* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE&nbsp;||&nbsp;_SVID_SOURCE
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
These functions return the mantissa of
<I>x</I>
scaled to the range [1,2).
They are equivalent to
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scalb(x, (double) -ilogb(x))
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This function exists mainly for use in certain standardized tests
for IEEE 754 conformance.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<B>significand</B>(),
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<B>significandf</B>(),
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<B>significandl</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
These functions are nonstandard; the
<I>double</I>
version is available on a number of other systems.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+ilogb">ilogb</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+scalb">scalb</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAE">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAF">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAH">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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