1FMAX(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FMAX(3)
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6 fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl - determine maximum of two floating-point numbers
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9 #include <math.h>
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11 double fmax(double x, double y); float fmaxf(float x, float y); long
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16 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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18 fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():
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22 These functions return the larger value of x and y.
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25 These functions return the maximum of x and y.
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35 These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
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42 │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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44 │fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
45 └─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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