copysign - Man Page

number manipulation function

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <math.h>

double copysign(double x, double y);
float copysignf(float x, float y);
long double copysignl(long double x, long double y);

Description

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

These functions shall produce a value with the magnitude of x and the sign of y. On implementations that represent a signed zero but do not treat negative zero consistently in arithmetic operations, these functions regard the sign of zero as positive.

Return Value

Upon successful completion, these functions shall return a value with the magnitude of x and the sign of y.

Errors

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future Directions

None.

See Also

signbit()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <math.h>

Referenced By

math.h(0p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual