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cimag(3)

get imaginary part of a complex number

NAME

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

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <complex.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

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

One has:

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

ATTRIBUTES

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
cimag(), cimagf(), cimagl()Thread safetyMT-Safe

VERSIONS

GCC also supports __imag__. That is a GNU extension.

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

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

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