'\" t .\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later .\" .TH cabs 3 2022-12-15 "Linux man-pages 6.03" .SH NAME cabs, cabsf, cabsl \- absolute value of a complex number .SH LIBRARY Math library .RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .PP .BI "double cabs(double complex " z ); .BI "float cabsf(float complex " z ); .BI "long double cabsl(long double complex " z ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION These functions return the absolute value of the complex number .IR z . The result is a real number. .SH VERSIONS These functions were added in glibc 2.1. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). .ad l .nh .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ .BR cabs (), .BR cabsf (), .BR cabsl () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE .hy .ad .sp 1 .SH STANDARDS C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. .SH NOTES The function is actually an alias for .I "hypot(a,\ b)" (or, equivalently, .IR "sqrt(a*a\ +\ b*b)" ). .SH SEE ALSO .BR abs (3), .BR cimag (3), .BR hypot (3), .BR complex (7)