cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ cabs(), cabsf(), cabsl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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Description
These functions return the absolute value of the complex number z. The result is a real number.
History
glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Name
cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number
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) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 cabs(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<complex.h>doublecabs(doublecomplexz);floatcabsf(floatcomplexz);longdoublecabsl(longdoublecomplexz);