NAME

creal, crealf, creall - get real part of a complex number

SYNOPSIS

#include <complex.h>

double creal(double complex z);
float crealf(float complex z);
long double creall(long double complex z);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The creal() function returns the real part of the complex number z.

One has:

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

VERSIONS

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO

C99.

NOTES

The gcc supports also __real__. That is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

cabs(3), cimag(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON

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