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



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
       These functions return 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.

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

       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface		 | Attribute	 | Value   |
       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |cabs(), cabsf(), cabsl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +-------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

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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				  2015-04-19			       CABS(3)