pow, powf, powl
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| Defined in header <math.h>
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| float powf( float base, float exponent ); |
(1) | (since C99) |
| double pow( double base, double exponent ); |
(2) | |
| 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 ) |
(4) | (since C99) |
1-3) Computes the value of
base raised to the power exponent.4) Type-generic macro: If any argument has type long double,
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).Parameters
| base | - | base as floating point value |
| exponent | - | exponent as floating point value |
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.
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
exponentis a negative odd integer, returns+∞and raises FE_DIVBYZERO - pow(-0, exponent), where
exponentis a negative odd integer, returns-∞and raises FE_DIVBYZERO - pow(±0, exponent), where
exponentis 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
exponentis a positive odd integer, returns +0 - pow(-0, exponent), where
exponentis a positive odd integer, returns -0 - pow(±0, exponent), where
exponentis positive non-integer or a positive even integer, returns +0 - pow(-1, ±∞) returns
1 - pow(+1, exponent) returns
1for anyexponent, even whenexponentisNaN - pow(base, ±0) returns
1for anybase, even whenbaseisNaN - pow(base, exponent) returns
NaNand raises FE_INVALID ifbaseis finite and negative andexponentis 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
exponentis a negative odd integer - pow(-∞, exponent) returns +0 if
exponentis a negative non-integer or negative even integer - pow(-∞, exponent) returns -∞ if
exponentis a positive odd integer - pow(-∞, exponent) returns +∞ if
exponentis 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
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.
Example
Run this code
#include <stdio.h> #include <math.h> #include <errno.h> #include <fenv.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 raisedReferences
- C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2023):
- 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
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) |