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fmax(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 fmax(3)

NAME         top

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

LIBRARY         top

       Math library (libm, -lm)

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);

   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.

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 │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       glibc 2.1.  C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

       fdim(3), fmin(3)

Linux man-pages 6.04           2023-03-30                        fmax(3)

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