fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl - determine maximum of two floating-point numbers
#include <math.h>
double fmax(double x
, double y
); float fmaxf(float x
, float y
); long double fmaxl(long double x
, long double y
);
Link with -lm
.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
These functions return the larger value of x
and y
.
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.
No errors occur.
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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