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
These functions return 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.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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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