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_scalb 

Scales argument by a power of 2.


double _scalb(
   double x,
   long exp 
);

Parameters

x

Double-precision, floating-point value.

exp

Long integer exponent.

Returns an exponential value if successful. On overflow (depending on the sign of x), _scalb returns +/– HUGE_VAL; the errno variable is set to ERANGE.

For more information about this and other return codes, see _doserrno, errno, _sys_errlist, and _sys_nerr.

The _scalb function calculates the value of x * 2exp.

Routine Required header Compatibility

_scalb

<float.h>

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003

For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.

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