NAME

       fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl - determine maximum of two floating-point numbers

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double fmax(double x, double y);
       float fmaxf(float x, float y);
       long double fmaxl(long double x, long double y);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION

       These functions return the larger value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE

       These functions return the maximum of x and y.

       If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned.

       If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned.

ERRORS

       No errors occur.

VERSIONS

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │fmax(), fmaxf(), fmaxl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO

       fmin(3)

COLOPHON

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                                            2015-04-19                                    FMAX(3)