FDIM
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2008-08-11
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NAME
fdim, fdimf, fdiml - positive difference
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double fdim(double x, double y);
float fdimf(float x, float y);
long double fdiml(long double x, long double y);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
fdimf(),
fdiml():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the positive difference, max(x-y,0),
between their arguments.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the positive difference.
If
x
or
y
is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If the result overflows,
a range error occurs,
and the functions return
HUGE_VAL,
HUGE_VALF,
or
HUGE_VALL,
respectively.
ERRORS
See
math_error(7)
for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Range error: result overflow
-
An overflow floating-point exception
(FE_OVERFLOW)
is raised.
These functions do not set
errno.
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
fmax(3)
COLOPHON
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