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diff --git a/man3/fmax.3 b/man3/fmax.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1133432 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/fmax.3 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) +.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later +.\" +.TH fmax 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl \- determine maximum of two floating-point numbers +.SH LIBRARY +Math library +.RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <math.h> +.PP +.BI "double fmax(double " x ", double " y ); +.BI "float fmaxf(float " x ", float " y ); +.BI "long double fmaxl(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 fmax (), +.BR fmaxf (), +.BR fmaxl (): +.nf + _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions return the larger value of +.I x +and +.IR y . +.SH RETURN VALUE +These functions return the maximum of +.I x +and +.IR y . +.PP +If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned. +.PP +If both arguments are NaN, a NaN 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 fmax (), +.BR fmaxf (), +.BR fmaxl () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.1. +C99, POSIX.1-2001. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR fdim (3), +.BR fmin (3) |