@stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent

What is @stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent?

@stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent is a package that provides functionality to extract the exponent from a double-precision floating-point number (float64). This can be useful in various numerical computations where understanding the exponent part of a floating-point number is necessary.

What are @stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent's main functionalities?

Extract Exponent

This feature allows you to extract the exponent from a given double-precision floating-point number. In this example, the exponent of 4.0 is extracted, which is 2.

const exponent = require('@stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent');
const exp = exponent(4.0); // returns 2

Other packages similar to @stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent

math-float64-exponent

The math-float64-exponent package provides similar functionality to extract the exponent from a float64 number. It is comparable to @stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent in terms of functionality but may differ in implementation details and additional features.

README

Exponent

Return an integer corresponding to the unbiased exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent

Usage

var exponent = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent' );

exponent( x )

Returns an integer corresponding to the unbiased exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.

var exp = exponent( 3.14e307 ); // => 2**1021 ~ 1e307
// returns 1021

exp = exponent( 3.14e-307 ); // => 2**-1019 ~ 1e-307
// returns -1019

exp = exponent( -3.14 );
// returns 1

exp = exponent( 0.0 );
// returns -1023

exp = exponent( NaN );
// returns 1024

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var round = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-round' );
var pow = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-pow' );
var exponent = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-exponent' );

var frac;
var exp;
var x;
var e;
var i;

// Generate random numbers and extract their exponents...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    frac = randu() * 10.0;
    exp = round( randu()*646.0 ) - 323;
    x = frac * pow( 10.0, exp );
    e = exponent( x );
    console.log( 'x: %d. unbiased exponent: %d.', x, e );
}

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License

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