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cpow

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

cpow, cpowf, cpowl - complex power function

LIBRARY

Math library (libm,~-lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <complex.h>
double complex cpow(double complex x, double complex z);
float complex cpowf(float complex x, float complex z);
long double complex cpowl(long double complex x,
                          long double complex z);

DESCRIPTION

These functions calculate x raised to the power z (with a branch cut for x along the negative real axis).

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.-2001.