NAME

ldexp - assemble a floating point number from a value and exponent

DECLARATION

genType ldexp(genType x, genIType exp);

genDType ldexp(genDType x, genIType exp);

PARAMETERS

x

Specifies the value to be used as a source of significand.

out exp

Specifies the value to be used as a source of exponent.

DESCRIPTION

ldexp builds a floating point number from x and the corresponding integral exponent of two in exp, returning:

significand ⋅ 2 exponent

If this product is too large to be represented in the floating point type, the result is undefined.

VERSION SUPPORT

OpenGL Shading Language Version

Function Name

1.10

1.20

1.30

1.40

1.50

3.30

4.00

4.10

4.20

4.30

4.40

4.50

ldexp (genType)

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ldexp (genDType)

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COPYRIGHT

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