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CARG
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-04-19
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NAME
carg, cargf, cargl - calculate the complex argument
 
SYNOPSIS
#include <complex.h>
double carg(double complex z);
float cargf(float complex z);
long double cargl(long double complex z);
Link with -lm.
 
DESCRIPTION
These functions calculate the complex argument (also called phase angle) of
z,
with a branch cut along the negative real axis.
A complex number can be described by two real coordinates.
One may use rectangular coordinates and gets
    z = x + I * y
where
x = creal(z)
and
y = cimag(z).
Or one may use polar coordinates and gets
    z = r * cexp(I * a)
where
r = cabs(z)
is the "radius", the "modulus", the absolute value of
z,
and
a = carg(z)
is the "phase angle", the argument of
z.
One has:
    tan(carg(z)) = cimag(z) / creal(z)
 
RETURN VALUE
The return value is the range of [-pi,pi].
 
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 
 | 
| carg(),
cargf(),
cargl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe 
 | 
 
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
 
SEE ALSO
cabs(3),
complex(7)
 
COLOPHON
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- VERSIONS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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