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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
+.\" Processing Systems.
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+.\" @(#)ldexp.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1994
+.Dt LDEXP 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ldexp
+.Nd multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <math.h>
+.Ft double
+.Fn ldexp "double x" "int exp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn ldexp
+function multiplies a floating-point number by an integral
+power of 2.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn ldexp
+function returns the value of
+.Fa x
+times 2 raised to the power
+.Fa exp .
+.Pp
+If the resultant value would cause an overflow,
+the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to
+.Er ERANGE
+and the value
+.Dv HUGE
+is returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr frexp 3 ,
+.Xr modf 3 ,
+.Xr math 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn ldexp
+function conforms
+.St -ansiC .
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