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cabs(3)                    Library Functions Manual                    cabs(3)

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

LIBRARY
       Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <complex.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       These functions return the absolute value of the complex number z.  The
       result is a real number.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at-
       tributes(7).

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

STANDARDS
       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       glibc 2.1.  C99, POSIX.1-2001.

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)

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