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CPOW

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-04-19
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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

These functions calculate 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.

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
cpow(), cpowf(), cpowl()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

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

COLOPHON

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