/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------* Name __poly - generates a polynomial from arguments Usage double __poly ( double x, int n, const double* c ); Prototype in math.h Description __poly generates a polynomial in x, of degree n, with coefficients c[0], c[1], ..., c[n]. For example, if n=4, the generated polynomial is c[4]*x^4 + c[3]*x^3 + c[2]*x^2 + c[1]*x + c[0] The polynomial is calculated using Horner's method: polynom = (..((x*c[n] + c[n-1])*x + c[n-2])..)*x + c[0] Return value __poly returns the value of the polynomial as evaluated for the given x. A range error occurs if the result exceeds double range. *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include #include "dietlibm.h" double __poly ( double x, size_t n, const double* c) { long double ret; size_t i; i = n; c += n; ret = 0; do ret = ret * x + *c--; while ( i-- ); return ret; }