fmaxl3
Determine maximum of two floating-point numbers
Part of fmax(3).
Usage
double fmax(double
x,
double
y);
float
fmaxf(float
x,
float
y);
long
double
fmaxl(long
double
x,
long
double
y);
_ISOC99_SOURCE { | | _POSIX_C_SOURCE
>=
200112L}
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Overview
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 |
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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