Guardian Native C Library Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Guardian Native C Library Calls (n - r) powl(3)
NAME
powl - Computes the power function for a long double value
LIBRARY
H-series and J-series native Guardian processes: $SYSTEM.ZDLLnnn.ZCREDLL
32-bit H-series and J-series OSS processes: /G/system/zdllnnn/zcredll
64-bit H-series and J-series OSS processes: /G/system/zdllnnn/ycredll
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
long double powl(
long double x,
long double y
);
PARAMETERS
x Specifies a long double value.
y Specifies a long double value.
DESCRIPTION
The powl() function is a long double version of the pow( ) function; it takes long double argu-
ments and returns a long double result.
The powl() function computes the value of x raised to the power of y (x
y
).
NOTES
This function supports both IEEE Std 754-1985 floating-point and Tandem floating-point values
in the native environment. IEEE values can include NaN and infinity, and the sign of 0.0 (zero)
can be either positive or negative. Refer to the fp_class(3) reference page for a description of
IEEE value classes.
Guardian functions are available to convert between floating-point formats. Refer to the Guar-
dian Programmer’s Guide for a discussion of floating-point conversions.
RETURN VALUES
The powl() function returns the value of x raised to the power of y (x
y
).
The powl(x,0.0) function call returns 1.0 for all values of x. The powl(x,-0.0) function call
returns 1.0 for all values of x.
If the correct value would cause overflow, then positive or negative HUGE_VALL is returned
and errno is set to [ERANGE]. If the correct value would cause underflow, then 0.0 (zero) is
returned and errno is set to [ERANGE].
For Tandem floating-point data:
• If the value of x is 0.0 (zero) and the value of y is negative, -HUGE_VALL is returned
and errno is set to [EDOM].
• If the value of x is 0.0 (zero) and the value of y is greater than 0.0 (zero), 0.0 (zero) is
returned.
• If the value of x is less than 0.0 (zero) and the value of y is not an integral value,
HUGE_VALL is returned and errno is set to [EDOM].
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