copysign

NAME

copysign, copysignf, copysignl - copy sign of a number

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);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The copysign() functions return a value whose absolute value matches that of x, but whose sign matches that of y. If x is a NaN, then a NaN with the sign of y is returned.

NOTES

The copysign() functions may treat a negative zero as positive.

CONFORMING TO

C99, 4.3BSD. This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854).

SEE ALSO

signbit(3)