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¶
The 
cabs() function returns 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.
C99.
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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