std::exp

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Defined in header <cmath>
float exp( float arg );	(1)
double exp( double arg );	(2)
long double exp( long double arg );	(3)
double exp( IntegralType arg );	(4)	(since C++11)

Computes e (Euler's number, 2.7182818...) raised to the given power arg

4) A set of overloads or a function template accepting an argument of any integral type. Equivalent to 2) (the argument is cast to double).

Parameters

arg

-

value of floating-point or Integral type

Return value

If no errors occur, the base-e exponential of arg (earg
) is returned.

If a range error due to overflow occurs, +HUGE_VAL, +HUGE_VALF, or +HUGE_VALL is returned.

If a range error occurs due to underflow, the correct result (after rounding) is returned.

Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

• If the argument is 0, 1 is returned
• If the argument is -, +0 is returned
• If the argument is +, + is returned
• If the argument is NaN, NaN is returned

Notes

For IEEE-compatible type double, overflow is guaranteed if 709.8 < arg, and underflow is guaranteed if arg < -708.4

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
#include <cfenv>
#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
int main()
{
    std::cout << "exp(1) = " << std::exp(1) << '\n'
              << "FV of $100, continuously compounded at 3% for 1 year = "
              << 100*std::exp(0.03) << '\n';
    // special values
    std::cout << "exp(-0) = " << std::exp(-0.0) << '\n'
              << "exp(-Inf) = " << std::exp(-INFINITY) << '\n';
    // error handling 
    errno=0; std::feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
    std::cout << "exp(710) = " << std::exp(710) << '\n';
    if(errno == ERANGE)
        std::cout << "    errno == ERANGE: " << std::strerror(errno) << '\n';
    if(std::fetestexcept(FE_OVERFLOW))
        std::cout << "    FE_OVERFLOW raised\n";
}

Possible output:

exp(1) = 2.71828
FV of $100, continuously compounded at 3% for 1 year = 103.045
exp(-0) = 1
exp(-Inf) = 0
exp(710) = inf
    errno == ERANGE: Numerical result out of range
    FE_OVERFLOW raised

See also

exp2 (C++11)	returns 2 raised to the given power (2x) (function)
expm1 (C++11)	returns e raised to the given power, minus one (ex-1) (function)
log	computes natural (base e) logarithm (ln(x)) (function)
exp(std::complex)	complex base e exponential (function template)
exp(std::valarray)	applies the function std::exp to each element of valarray (function template)