x11r4 man page for cabs

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

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).

       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface		 | Attribute	 | Value   |
       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |cabs(), cabsf(), cabsl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
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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