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Function `std.math.scalbn`

Efficiently calculates x * 2ⁿ.


						
				real scalbn
				(
				

				  real x,
				

				  int n
				

				) nothrow @nogc @trusted;

scalbn handles underflow and overflow in the same fashion as the basic arithmetic operators.

Special Values
x	scalb(x)
±∞	±∞
±0.0	±0.0

Example

writeln(scalbn(-real.infinity, 5)); // -real.infinity

Authors

Walter Bright, Don Clugston, Conversion of CEPHES math library to D by Iain Buclaw and David Nadlinger

License

Boost License 1.0.