fmax(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | VERSIONS | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

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

NAME top

       fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl - determine maximum of two floating-point numbers

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <math.h>

       double fmax(double x, double y); float fmaxf(float x, float y); long
       double fmaxl(long double x, long double y);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION top

       These functions return the larger value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE top

       These functions return the maximum of x and y.

       If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned.

       If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned.

ERRORS top

       No errors occur.

VERSIONS top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                Attribute     Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO top

       fdim(3), fmin(3)

COLOPHON top

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                                 2017-09-15                          FMAX(3)

Pages that refer to this page: fdim(3) , fdimf(3) , fdiml(3) , fmin(3) , fminf(3) , fminl(3)