NAME¶

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

LIBRARY¶

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <math.h>

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

fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():

    _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION¶

These functions return the larger value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE¶

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¶

No errors occur.

ATTRIBUTES¶

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

STANDARDS¶

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO¶

fdim(3), fmin(3)