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# nextpow2

Exponent of next higher power of 2

P = nextpow2(A)

## Description

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P = nextpow2(A) returns the exponents for the smallest powers of two that satisfy

${2}^{p}\ge |A|$

for each element in A.

You can use nextpow2 to pad the signal you pass to fft. Doing so can speed up the computation of the FFT when the signal length is not an exact power of 2.

## Examples

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Define a vector of double integer values and calculate the exponents for the next power of 2 higher than those values.

a = [1 -2 3 -4 5 9 519];
p = nextpow2(a)
p = 1×7

0     1     2     2     3     4    10

Calculate the positive next powers of 2.

np2 = 2.^p
np2 = 1×7

1           2           4           4           8          16        1024

Preserve the sign of the original input values.

np2.*sign(a)
ans = 1×7

1          -2           4          -4           8          16        1024

Define a vector of unsigned integers and calculate the exponents for the next power of 2 higher than those values.

a = uint32([1020 4000 32700]);
p = nextpow2(a)
p = 1x3 uint32 row vector

10   12   15

Calculate the next powers of 2 higher than the values in a.

2.^p
ans = 1x3 uint32 row vector

1024    4096   32768

Use the nextpow2 function to increase the performance of fft when the length of a signal is not a power of 2.

Create a 1-D vector containing 8191 sample values.

x = gallery('uniformdata',[1,8191],0);

Calculate the next power of 2 higher than 8191.

p = nextpow2(8191);
n = 2^p
n = 8192

Pass the signal and the next power of 2 to the fft function.

y = fft(x,n);

## Input Arguments

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Input values, specified as a scalar, vector, or array of real numbers of any numeric type.

Example: 15

Example: [-15.123 32.456 63.111]

Example: int16([-15 32 63])

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64