CIMAG(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  CIMAG(3)



NAME
       cimag, cimagf, cimagl - get imaginary part of a complex number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <complex.h>

       double cimag(double complex z);
       float cimagf(float complex z);
       long double cimagl(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION
       These functions return the imaginary part of the complex number z.

       One has:

           z = creal(z) + I * cimag(z)

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

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

       +----------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                   | Attribute     | Value   |
       +----------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |cimag(), cimagf(), cimagl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES
       gcc also supports __imag__.  That is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO
       cabs(3), creal(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON
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                                  2015-04-19                          CIMAG(3)