The Scale10(x, N) function returns x * 10^N.

The operation is carried out in the computation domain determined by x, and the result is a member of this computation domain. The UseHardwareFloats mode is not checked.

This function can signal either overflow or underflow.

If x is undefined, the result is x. If N is undefined, the result is undefined in the computation domain of x.

If x is a software floating-point number, Scale10(x,N) just adds N to the exponent of x (that is, no multiplication is required).

The Scale2(x, N) function returns x * 2^N.

The operation is carried out in the computation domain determined by x, and the result is a member of this computation domain. The UseHardwareFloats mode is not checked.

This function can signal either overflow or underflow.

If x is undefined, the result is x. If N is undefined, the result is undefined in the computation domain of x.

For special values, Scale2 returns the following results. Similar results are returned in the case of Scale10.

The Scale10 and Scale2 commands are thread-safe as of Maple 15.

For more information on thread safety, see index/threadsafe.

$\mathrm{Scale10}\left(0.5\,1000\right)$

$5.\times {10}^{999}$

$\mathrm{Scale10}\left(-3+2\mathrm{I}\,20\right)$

$\mathrm{-300000000000000000000}+200000000000000000000\mathrm{I}$

$\mathrm{Scale10}\left(2.\,\mathrm{\infty }\right)$

$Float\left(\mathrm{\infty }\right)$

$\mathrm{Scale2}\left(0.5\,1000\right)$

$5.357543035\times {10}^{300}$

$\mathrm{Scale2}\left(-3+2\mathrm{I}\,20\right)$

$\mathrm{-3145728}+2097152\mathrm{I}$

$\mathrm{Scale2}\left(2.\,\mathrm{\infty }\right)$

$Float\left(\mathrm{\infty }\right)$