@stdlib/math-base-special-copysign

What is @stdlib/math-base-special-copysign?

@stdlib/math-base-special-copysign is a utility for copying the sign of a number to another number. This can be useful in various mathematical computations where the sign of a number needs to be manipulated or transferred.

What are @stdlib/math-base-special-copysign's main functionalities?

Copying the sign of a number

This feature allows you to copy the sign of one number to another. In this example, the sign of `y` (-2.0) is copied to `x` (3.14), resulting in -3.14.

const copysign = require('@stdlib/math-base-special-copysign');

const x = 3.14;
const y = -2.0;
const result = copysign(x, y);
console.log(result); // -3.14

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copysign

Return a double-precision floating-point number with the magnitude of x and the sign of y.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-copysign

Usage

var copysign = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-copysign' );

copysign( x, y )

Returns a double-precision floating-point number with the magnitude of x and the sign of y.

var z = copysign( -3.14, 10.0 );
// returns 3.14

z = copysign( 3.14, -1.0 );
// returns -3.14

z = copysign( 1.0, -0.0 );
// returns -1.0

z = copysign( -3.14, -0.0 );
// returns -3.14

z = copysign( -0.0, 1.0 );
// returns 0.0

Notes

• According to the IEEE754 standard, a NaN has a biased exponent equal to 2047, a significand greater than 0, and a sign bit equal to either 1 or 0. In which case, NaN may not correspond to just one but many binary representations. Accordingly, care should be taken to ensure that y is not NaN; otherwise, behavior may be indeterminate.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var copysign = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-copysign' );

var x;
var y;
var z;
var i;

// Generate random double-precision floating-point numbers `x` and `y` and copy the sign of `y` to `x`...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    x = (randu()*100.0) - 50.0;
    y = (randu()*10.0) - 5.0;
    z = copysign( x, y );
    console.log( 'x: %d, y: %d => %d', x, y, z );
}

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C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/copysign.h"

stdlib_base_copysign( x, y )

Returns a double-precision floating-point number with the magnitude of x and the sign of y.

double v = stdlib_base_copysign( -3.14, 10.0 );
// returns 3.14

double v = stdlib_base_copysign( 3.14, -1.0 );
// returns -3.14

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: [in] double number from which to derive a magnitude.
• y: [in] double number from which to derive a sign.

double stdlib_base_copysign( const double x, const double y );

Examples

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/copysign.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {
    const double x[] = { 3.14, -3.14, 0.0, 0.0/0.0 };

    double y;
    int i;
    for ( i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
        y = stdlib_base_copysign( x[ i ], -3.0 );
        printf( "copysign(%lf, %lf) = %lf\n", x[ i ], -3.0, y );
    }
}

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See Also

• @stdlib/math-base/special/flipsign: return a double-precision floating-point number with the magnitude of x and the sign of x*y.

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Notice

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For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016-2024. The Stdlib Authors.

Changelog

0.2.2 (2024-07-28)

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Commits

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• 2777e4b - bench: resolve lint errors in benchmarks (by Athan Reines)
• 41d41e9 - test: include trailing newlines in Julia-generated JSON fixtures (by Philipp Burckhardt)
• 9ed7d0e - chore: add missing trailing newlines (by Philipp Burckhardt)

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Contributors

A total of 2 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following contributors:

• Athan Reines
• Philipp Burckhardt

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