Python math.ldexp() - x * 2^i

Python math.ldexp()

math.ldexp(x, i) function returns the result of x * (2^i).

The syntax to call ldexp() function is

math.ldexp(x, i)

where

Parameter	Required	Description
x	Yes	A numeric value.
i	Yes	An integer value.

In the following program, we find the result of ldexp(x, i) for x=5.5 and i = 3.

Python Program

import math

x = 5.5
i = 3
result = math.ldexp(x, i)
print('ldexp(x, i) :', result)

Output

ldexp(x, i) : 44.0

In this Python Math tutorial, we learned the syntax of, and examples for math.ldexp() function.