NAME

       carg, cargf, cargl - calculate the complex argument

SYNOPSIS

       #include <complex.h>

       double carg(double complex z);
       float cargf(float complex z);
       long double cargl(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

       A  complex  number  can  be  described  by  two real coordinates.  One may use rectangular
       coordinates and gets

           z = x + I * y

       where x = creal(z) and y = cimag(z).

       Or one may use polar coordinates and gets

           z = r * cexp(I * a)

       where r = cabs(z) is the "radius", the "modulus", the absolute value of z, and a = carg(z)
       is the "phase angle", the argument of z.

       One has:

           tan(carg(z)) = cimag(z) / creal(z)

RETURN VALUE

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

VERSIONS

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO

       C99.

SEE ALSO

       cabs(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON

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                                            2008-08-11                                    CARG(3)