fdim(3) Library Functions Manual fdim(3)
NAME
fdim, fdimf, fdiml - positive difference
LIBRARY
Math library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double fdim(double x, double y);
float fdimf(float x, float y);
long double fdiml(long double x, long double y);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fdimf(), fdiml():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the positive difference, max(x-y,0), between
their arguments.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the positive difference.
If x or y is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return
HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively.
ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error
has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
Range error: result overflow
errno is set to ERANGE. An overflow floating-point exception
(FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
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 │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│fdim(), fdimf(), fdiml() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
BUGS
Before glibc 2.24 on certain architectures (e.g., x86, but not x86_64)
these functions did not set errno.
SEE ALSO
fmax(3)
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