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frexp

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frexp(p1) public

Returns a two-element array containing the normalized fraction (a Float) and exponent (a Fixnum) of numeric.

fraction, exponent = Math.frexp(1234)   #=> [0.6025390625, 11]
fraction * 2**exponent                  #=> 1234.0

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     Math.frexp(numeric)    => [ fraction, exponent ]
 *  
 *  Returns a two-element array containing the normalized fraction (a
 *  <code>Float</code>) and exponent (a <code>Fixnum</code>) of
 *  <i>numeric</i>.
 *     
 *     fraction, exponent = Math.frexp(1234)   #=> [0.6025390625, 11]
 *     fraction * 2**exponent                  #=> 1234.0
 */

static VALUE
math_frexp(obj, x)
    VALUE obj, x;
{
    double d;
    int exp;

    Need_Float(x);
    
    d = frexp(RFLOAT(x)->value, &exp);
    return rb_assoc_new(rb_float_new(d), INT2NUM(exp));
}

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