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fmax(3)

determine maximum of two floating-point numbers

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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
);
fmax
(), 
fmaxf
(), 
fmaxl
():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

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NAME

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

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <math.h>

bash

double fmax(double \nx\n, double \ny\n);\n
\nfloat fmaxf(float \nx\n, float \ny\n);\n
\nlong double fmaxl(long double \nx\n, long double \ny\n);

fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():

bash


\n
    _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.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
fmax (), fmaxf (), fmaxl ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.