CABS
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2008-08-11
NAME
cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number
SYNOPSIS
#include <complex.h>
double cabs(double complex z);
float cabsf(float complex z);
long double cabsl(long double complex z);
Link with -lm.
DESCRIPTION
The
cabs()
function returns the absolute value of the complex number
z.
The result is a real number.
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
C99.
NOTES
The function is actually an alias for
hypot(a, b)
(or, equivalently,
sqrt(a*a + b*b)).
SEE ALSO
abs(3),
cimag(3),
hypot(3),
complex(7)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- VERSIONS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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