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HP-UX Reference > E
exp(3M)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMEexp(), expf(), expl(), expw(), expq() — exponential functions DESCRIPTIONexp() returns ex. expf() is a float version of exp(); it takes a float argument and returns a float result. USAGETo use these functions compile either with the default -Ae option or with the -Aa and the -D_HPUX_SOURCE options. To use (for Itanium-based systems) expw() or expq(), compile also with the -fpwidetypes option. To use any of these functions, make sure your program includes <math.h>, and link in the math library by specifying -lm on the compiler or linker command line. For more information, see the HP-UX Floating-Point Guide. PA-RISC OnlyMillicode versions of the exp() functions are available. Millicode versions of math library functions are usually faster than their counterparts in the standard library. To use these versions, compile your program with the +Olibcalls or the +Oaggressive optimization option. For special cases, the millicode versions return the same values as their standard library counterparts (see the RETURN VALUE section), but do not set errno. RETURN VALUEexp(±0) returns 1. If x is +INFINITY, exp() returns +INFINITY. If x is -INFINITY, exp() returns +0. If x is NaN, exp() returns NaN. exp() returns infinity (equal to HUGE_VAL) in lieu of a value whose magnitude is too large, and raises the overflow and inexact exceptions. exp() raises the underflow and inexact exceptions whenever a result is tiny (essentially denormal or zero) and thereby suffers loss of accuracy, and may raise those exceptions if the result is merely tiny. When it raises no other exception, whether exp() raises the inexact exception is unspecified. |
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