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7 .TH CABS 3 2015-04-19 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
9 cabs, cabsf, cabsl \- absolute value of a complex number
11 .B #include <complex.h>
13 .BI "double cabs(double complex " z );
15 .BI "float cabsf(float complex " z );
17 .BI "long double cabsl(long double complex " z );
21 These functions return the absolute value of the complex number
23 The result is a real number.
25 These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
27 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
33 Interface Attribute Value
38 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
41 C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
43 The function is actually an alias for
46 .IR "sqrt(a*a\ +\ b*b)" ).