NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | VERSIONS | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

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

NAME         top

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

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>
       double fmax(double x, double y);
       float fmaxf(float x, float y);
       long double fmaxl(long double x, long double y);
       Link with -lm.
   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
       fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions return the larger value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE         top

       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         top

       No errors occur.

VERSIONS         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO         top

       fdim(3), fmin(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                 2016-07-17                          FMAX(3)

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