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base-e exponential function

Library

Math library (libm, -lm)

Synopsis

#include <math.h>

double exp(double x);
float expf(float x);
long double expl(long double x);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

expf(), expl():

    _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
        || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

Description

These functions return the value of e (the base of natural logarithms) raised to the power of x.

Return Value

On success, these functions return the exponential value of x.

If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.

If x is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned.

If x is negative infinity, +0 is returned.

If the result underflows, a range error occurs, and zero is returned.

If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return +HUGE_VAL, +HUGE_VALF, or +HUGE_VALL, respectively.

Errors

See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.

The following errors can occur:

Range error, overflow: errno is set to ERANGE. An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
Range error, underflow: errno is set to ERANGE. An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised.