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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_134_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>expm1, expm1f, expm1l - compute exponential functions</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
<blockquote class="synopsis">
<p><code><tt>#include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/math.h.html">math.h</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
double expm1(double</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
float expm1f(float</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
long double expm1l(long double</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
</tt></code></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
<blockquote>
<div class="box"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO&nbsp;C standard. Any conflict between the
requirements described here and the ISO&nbsp;C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001 defers to
the ISO&nbsp;C standard. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></div>
<p>These functions shall compute <i>e<sup><small>x</small></sup></i>-1.0.</p>
<p>An application wishing to check for error situations should set <i>errno</i> to zero and call
<i>feclearexcept</i>(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if <i>errno</i> is non-zero or
<i>fetestexcept</i>(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Upon successful completion, these functions return <i>e<small><sup>x</sup></small></i>-1.0.</p>
<p>If the correct value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur and <i>expm1</i>(), <i>expm1f</i>(), and <i>expm1l</i>()
shall return the value of the macro HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, and HUGE_VALL, respectively.</p>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('MX')">MX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> If
<i>x</i> is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is &plusmn;0, &plusmn;0 shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is -Inf, -1 shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is +Inf, <i>x</i> shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is subnormal, a range error may occur and <i>x</i> should be returned. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt=
"[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>These functions shall fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>Range&nbsp;Error</dt>
<dd>The result overflows.
<p>If the integer expression (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then <i>errno</i> shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception shall be
raised.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>These functions may fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>Range&nbsp;Error</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('MX')">MX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The value of <i>x</i> is subnormal.
<p>If the integer expression (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then <i>errno</i> shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall be
raised. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The value of <i>expm1</i>(<i>x</i>) may be more accurate than <i>exp</i>(<i>x</i>)-1.0 for small values of <i>x</i>.</p>
<p>The <i>expm1</i>() and <a href="../functions/log1p.html"><i>log1p</i>()</a> functions are useful for financial calculations of
((1+<i>x</i>)<sup><small><i>n</i></small></sup>-1)/<i>x</i>, namely:</p>
<pre>
<tt>expm1(</tt><i>n</i> <tt>* log1p(</tt><i>x</i><tt>))/</tt><i>x</i>
</pre>
<p>when <i>x</i> is very small (for example, when calculating small daily interest rates). These functions also simplify writing
accurate inverse hyperbolic functions.</p>
<p>For IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;754-1985 <b>double</b>, 709.8 &lt; <i>x</i> implies <i>expm1</i>( <i>x</i>) has overflowed.</p>
<p>On error, the expressions (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling &amp; MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of
each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="exp.html"><i>exp</i>()</a> , <a href="feclearexcept.html"><i>feclearexcept</i>()</a> , <a href=
"fetestexcept.html"><i>fetestexcept</i>()</a> , <a href="ilogb.html"><i>ilogb</i>()</a> , <a href="log1p.html"><i>log1p</i>()</a> ,
the Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href="../basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_18">Section 4.18,
Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions</a>, <a href="../basedefs/math.h.html"><i>&lt;math.h&gt;</i></a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>First released in Issue 4, Version 2.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_12"></a>Issue 5</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_134_13"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>expm1f</i>() and <i>expm1l</i>() functions are added for alignment with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999 standard.</p>
<p>The <i>expm1</i>() function is no longer marked as an extension.</p>
<p>The DESCRIPTION, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS, and APPLICATION USAGE sections are revised to align with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999
standard.</p>
<p>IEC&nbsp;60559:1989 standard floating-point extensions over the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999 standard are marked.</p>
</blockquote>
<div class="box"><em>End of informative text.</em></div>
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