CPOW

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2008-08-11
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NAME

cpow, cpowf, cpowl - complex power function

SYNOPSIS

#include <complex.h>

double complex cpow(double complex x, complex double z);


float complex cpowf(float complex x, complex float z);


long double complex cpowl(long double complex x,
                          complex long double z);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The function calculates x raised to the power z. (With a branch cut for x along the negative real axis.)

VERSIONS

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO

C99.

COLOPHON

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