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NAME         top

       cimag, cimagf, cimagl - get imaginary part of a complex number

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <complex.h>

       double cimag(double complex z);
       float cimagf(float complex z);
       long double cimagl(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION         top

       The cimag() function returns the imaginary part of the complex number z.

       One has:

           z = creal(z) + I * cimag(z)

VERSIONS         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99.

NOTES         top

       gcc also supports __imag__.  That is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO         top

       cabs(3), creal(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON         top

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                                      2008-08-11                             CIMAG(3)

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