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diff --git a/man3/fdim.3 b/man3/fdim.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98c3961 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/fdim.3 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2003 Walter Harms, Andries Brouwer +.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later +.\" +.TH fdim 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +fdim, fdimf, fdiml \- positive difference +.SH LIBRARY +Math library +.RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <math.h> +.PP +.BI "double fdim(double " x ", double " y ); +.BI "float fdimf(float " x ", float " y ); +.BI "long double fdiml(long double " x ", long double " y ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR fdimf (), +.BR fdiml (): +.nf + _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions return the positive difference, max(\fIx\fP-\fIy\fP,0), +between their arguments. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, these functions return the positive difference. +.PP +If +.I x +or +.I y +is a NaN, a NaN is returned. +.PP +If the result overflows, +a range error occurs, +and the functions return +.BR HUGE_VAL , +.BR HUGE_VALF , +or +.BR HUGE_VALL , +respectively. +.SH ERRORS +See +.BR math_error (7) +for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred +when calling these functions. +.PP +The following errors can occur: +.TP +Range error: result overflow +.I errno +is set to +.BR ERANGE . +An overflow floating-point exception +.RB ( FE_OVERFLOW ) +is raised. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR fdim (), +.BR fdimf (), +.BR fdiml () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.1. +C99, POSIX.1-2001. +.SH BUGS +Before glibc 2.24 +.\" https://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6796 +on certain architectures (e.g., x86, but not x86_64) +these functions did not set +.IR errno . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR fmax (3) |