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FMAX(3)			   Linux Programmer's Manual		       FMAX(3)

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

SYNOPSIS
       #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(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
       cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION
       These functions return the larger value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE
       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.

ERRORS
       No errors occur.

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       fmin(3)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.22 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

				  2008-08-11			       FMAX(3)
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