NAME¶

creal, crealf, creall - get real part of a complex number

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <complex.h>

double creal(double complex z);
float crealf(float complex z);
long double creall(long double complex z);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION¶

These functions return the real 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).

CONFORMING TO¶

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES¶

The gcc supports also __real__. That is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO¶

cabs(3), cimag(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON¶

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