cargl(3)

1CARG(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   CARG(3)
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NAME

6       carg, cargf, cargl - calculate the complex argument
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <complex.h>
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11       double carg(double complex z);
12       float cargf(float complex z);
13       long double cargl(long double complex z);
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15       Link with -lm.
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DESCRIPTION

18       A complex number can be described by two real coordinates.  One may use
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23       where x = creal(z) and y = cimag(z).
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29       where r = cabs(z) is the "radius", the "modulus", the absolute value of
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34           tan(carg(z)) = cimag(z) / creal(z)
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RETURN VALUE

37       The return value is the range of [-pi,pi].
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VERSIONS

40       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
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CONFORMING TO

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COLOPHON

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50       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
51       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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