pow, powf, powl
Defined in header <math.h>
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float powf( float base, float exponent ); |
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double pow( double base, double exponent ); |
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long double powl( long double base, long double exponent ); |
(3) | (since C99) |
Defined in header <tgmath.h>
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#define pow( base, exponent ) |
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powl
is called. Otherwise, if any argument has integer type or has type double, pow
is called. Otherwise, powf
is called. If at least one argument is complex or imaginary, then the macro invokes the corresponding complex function (cpowf, cpow, cpowl).Contents |
[edit] Parameters
base | - | base as floating-point value |
exponent | - | exponent as floating-point value |
[edit] Return value
If no errors occur, base raised to the power of exponent (baseexponent
) is returned.
If a domain error occurs, an implementation-defined value is returned (NaN where supported).
If a pole error or a range error due to overflow occurs, ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF
, or ±HUGE_VALL
is returned.
If a range error occurs due to underflow, the correct result (after rounding) is returned.
[edit] Error handling
Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling
.
If base is finite and negative and exponent is finite and non-integer, a domain error occurs and a range error may occur.
If base is zero and exponent is zero, a domain error may occur.
If base is zero and exponent is negative, a domain error or a pole error may occur.
If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),
- pow(+0, exponent), where exponent is a negative odd integer, returns
+∞
and raises FE_DIVBYZERO - pow(-0, exponent), where exponent is a negative odd integer, returns
-∞
and raises FE_DIVBYZERO - pow(±0, exponent), where exponent is negative, finite, and is an even integer or a non-integer, returns +∞ and raises FE_DIVBYZERO
- pow(±0, -∞) returns +∞ and may raise FE_DIVBYZERO(until C23)
- pow(+0, exponent), where exponent is a positive odd integer, returns +0
- pow(-0, exponent), where exponent is a positive odd integer, returns -0
- pow(±0, exponent), where exponent is positive non-integer or a positive even integer, returns +0
- pow(-1, ±∞) returns 1
- pow(+1, exponent) returns 1 for any exponent, even when exponent is
NaN
- pow(base, ±0) returns 1 for any base, even when base is
NaN
- pow(base, exponent) returns
NaN
and raises FE_INVALID if base is finite and negative and exponent is finite and non-integer. - pow(base, -∞) returns +∞ for any
|base|<1
- pow(base, -∞) returns +0 for any
|base|>1
- pow(base, +∞) returns +0 for any
|base|<1
- pow(base, +∞) returns +∞ for any
|base|>1
- pow(-∞, exponent) returns -0 if exponent is a negative odd integer
- pow(-∞, exponent) returns +0 if exponent is a negative non-integer or negative even integer
- pow(-∞, exponent) returns -∞ if exponent is a positive odd integer
- pow(-∞, exponent) returns +∞ if exponent is a positive non-integer or positive even integer
- pow(+∞, exponent) returns +0 for any negative exponent
- pow(+∞, exponent) returns +∞ for any positive exponent
- except where specified above, if any argument is NaN, NaN is returned.
[edit] Notes
Although pow
cannot be used to obtain a root of a negative number, cbrt is provided for the common case where exponent
is 1 / 3.
[edit] Example
#include <errno.h> #include <fenv.h> #include <math.h> #include <stdio.h> // #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON int main(void) { // typical usage printf("pow(2, 10) = %f\n", pow(2, 10)); printf("pow(2, 0.5) = %f\n", pow(2, 0.5)); printf("pow(-2, -3) = %f\n", pow(-2, -3)); // special values printf("pow(-1, NAN) = %f\n", pow(-1, NAN)); printf("pow(+1, NAN) = %f\n", pow(+1, NAN)); printf("pow(INFINITY, 2) = %f\n", pow(INFINITY, 2)); printf("pow(INFINITY, -1) = %f\n", pow(INFINITY, -1)); // error handling errno = 0; feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT); printf("pow(-1, 1/3) = %f\n", pow(-1, 1.0 / 3)); if (errno == EDOM) perror(" errno == EDOM"); if (fetestexcept(FE_INVALID)) puts(" FE_INVALID raised"); feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT); printf("pow(-0, -3) = %f\n", pow(-0.0, -3)); if (fetestexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO)) puts(" FE_DIVBYZERO raised"); }
Possible output:
pow(2, 10) = 1024.000000 pow(2, 0.5) = 1.414214 pow(-2, -3) = -0.125000 pow(-1, NAN) = nan pow(+1, NAN) = 1.000000 pow(INFINITY, 2) = inf pow(INFINITY, -1) = 0.000000 pow(-1, 1/3) = -nan errno == EDOM: Numerical argument out of domain FE_INVALID raised pow(-0, -3) = -inf FE_DIVBYZERO raised
[edit] References
- C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2024):
- 7.12.7.5 The pow functions
- 7.27 Type-generic math <tgmath.h>
- F.10.4.5 The pow functions (p: 524-525)
- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
- 7.12.7.4 The pow functions (p: 248-249)
- 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)
- F.10.4.4 The pow functions (p: 524-525)
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.12.7.4 The pow functions (p: 248-249)
- 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)
- F.10.4.4 The pow functions (p: 524-525)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.12.7.4 The pow functions (p: 229)
- 7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)
- F.9.4.4 The pow functions (p: 461)
- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
- 4.5.5.1 The pow function
[edit] See also
(C99)(C99) |
computes square root (√x) (function) |
(C99)(C99)(C99) |
computes cube root (3√x) (function) |
(C99)(C99)(C99) |
computes square root of the sum of the squares of two given numbers (√x2 +y2 ) (function) |
(C99)(C99)(C99) |
computes the complex power function (function) |
C++ documentation for pow
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