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CABS(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  CABS(3)

NAME         top

       cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <complex.h>

       double cabs(double complex z);
       float cabsf(float complex z);
       long double cabsl(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION         top

       The cabs() function returns the absolute value of the complex number
       z.  The result is a real number.

VERSIONS         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99.

NOTES         top

       The function is actually an alias for hypot(a, b) (or, equivalently,
       sqrt(a*a + b*b)).

SEE ALSO         top

       abs(3), cimag(3), hypot(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.51 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                 2008-08-11                          CABS(3)

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