Updated: April 19, 2023 |
Raise a number to a given power
#include <math.h> double pow( double x, double y ); float powf( float x, float y ); long double powl( long double x, long double y );
Your system requirements will determine how you should work with these libraries:
The pow(), powf(), and powl() functions compute x raised to the power of y.
To check for error situations, use feclearexcept() and fetestexcept(). For example:
The value of xy.
If x is: | And y is: | These functions return: | Errors: |
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< 0.0, but finite | Finite non-integer | NaN | FE_INVALID |
0.0 | < 0.0 | Inf | FE_DIVBYZERO |
1.0 | Any value, including NaN | 1.0 | — |
Not 1.0 | NaN | NaN | — |
Any value, including 0.0 and NaN | ±0.0 | 1.0, but note that the correct mathematical result for 0.00.0 is undefined | — |
NaN | Nonzero | NaN | — |
±0.0 | Any odd integer > 0.0 | 0.0, with the same sign as x | — |
±0.0 | Any even integer > 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
-1.0 | ±Inf | 1.0 | — |
|x| < 1.0 | -Inf | Inf | — |
|x| > 1.0 | -Inf | 0.0 | — |
|x| < 1.0 | Inf | 0.0 | — |
|x| > 1.0 | Inf | Inf | — |
-Inf | An odd integer < 0.0 | -0.0 | — |
-Inf | A non-odd integer < 0.0 | +0.0 | — |
-Inf | An odd integer > 0.0 | -Inf | — |
-Inf | A non-odd integer > 0.0 | Inf | — |
Inf | < 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
Inf | > 0.0 | Inf | — |
If the correct value would cause: | These functions return: | Errors: |
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Overflow | Inf | FE_OVERFLOW |
Underflow and is representable | The correct value, after rounding | FE_UNDERFLOW |
These functions raise FE_INEXACT if the FPU reports that the result can't be exactly represented as a floating-point number.
#include <stdio.h> #include <math.h> #include <fenv.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main( void ) { int except_flags; feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT); printf( "%f\n", pow( 1.5, 2.5 ) ); except_flags = fetestexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT); if(except_flags) { /* An error occurred; handle it appropriately. */ } return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
produces the output:
2.755676
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | No |
Interrupt handler | Yes |
Signal handler | Yes |
Thread | Yes |