FMAX(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FMAX(3)
NAME
fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl - determine maximum of two floating-point numbers
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);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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.
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
SEE ALSO
fdim(3), fmin(3)
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