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SIGNIFICAND(3)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		SIGNIFICAND(3)

NAME
       significand,  significandf,  significandl  -  get  mantissa of floating
       point number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

       double significand(double x);
       float significandf(float x);
       long double significandl(long double x);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION
       The significand() function returns the mantissa	of  x  scaled  to  the
       range [1,2).  It is equivalent to

	       scalb(x, (double) -ilogb(x))

       This  function  exists mainly for use in certain standardized tests for
       IEEE 754 conformance.

HISTORY
       This function came from BSD.

SEE ALSO
       ilogb(3), scalb(3)

gnu				  2002-08-10			SIGNIFICAND(3)

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