FDIM(3) BSD Library Functions Manual FDIM(3)NAME
fdim, fdimf, fdiml -- positive difference functions
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);
DESCRIPTION
The fdim(), fdimf(), and fdiml() functions return the positive difference between x and y. That is, if x-y is positive, then x-y is
returned. If either x or y is an NaN, then an NaN is returned. Otherwise, the result is +0.0.
Overflow or underflow may occur iff the exact result is not representable in the return type. No other exceptions are raised.
SEE ALSO fabs(3), fmax(3), fmin(3), math(3)STANDARDS
The fdim(), fdimf(), and fdiml() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').
HISTORY
These routines first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3 and NetBSD 5.1.
BSD June 29, 2004 BSD
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FDIM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FDIM(3)NAME
fdim, fdimf, fdiml - positive difference
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);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fdimf(), fdiml(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
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
An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
These functions do not set errno.
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO fmax(3)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 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/.
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