cabs(3) Library Functions Manual cabs(3)
NAME
cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number
LIBRARY
Math library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <complex.h>
double cabs(double complex z);
float cabsf(float complex z);
long double cabsl(long double complex z);
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the absolute value of the complex number z. The
result is a real number.
VERSIONS
These functions were added in glibc 2.1.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│cabs(), cabsf(), cabsl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
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)
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