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diff --git a/man/man3/fabs.3 b/man/man3/fabs.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e6ed08 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/fabs.3 @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" Linux libc source code +.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) +.\" 386BSD man pages +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:42:04 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Added fabsl, fabsf, aeb, 2001-06-07 +.\" +.TH fabs 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +fabs, fabsf, fabsl \- absolute value of floating-point number +.SH LIBRARY +Math library +.RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <math.h> +.P +.BI "double fabs(double " x ); +.BI "float fabsf(float " x ); +.BI "long double fabsl(long double " x ); +.fi +.P +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.P +.BR fabsf (), +.BR fabsl (): +.nf + _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L + || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE + || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions return the absolute value of the floating-point +number +.IR x . +.SH RETURN VALUE +These functions return the absolute value of +.IR x . +.P +If +.I x +is a NaN, a NaN is returned. +.P +If +.I x +is \-0, +0 is returned. +.P +If +.I x +is negative infinity or positive infinity, positive infinity is returned. +.SH ERRORS +No errors occur. +.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 fabs (), +.BR fabsf (), +.BR fabsl () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +C99, POSIX.1-2001. +.P +The variant returning +.I double +also conforms to +SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR abs (3), +.BR cabs (3), +.BR ceil (3), +.BR floor (3), +.BR labs (3), +.BR rint (3) |