Manpages - fmax.3

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

  #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*():

      _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

These functions return the larger value of x and y.

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.

No errors occur.

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

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

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

*fdim*(3), *fmin*(3)

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