fmaxf

(3)

determine maximum of two floating-point numbers

Library functionsmanpages-dev 6.9.1-1also documents fmax, fmaxl

#include <math.h> double fmax(double x, double y); float fmaxf(float x, float y); long double fmaxl(long double x, long double y); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

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.