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

NAME
       copysign, copysignf, copysignl - copy sign of a number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

       double copysign(double x, double y);
       float copysignf(float x, float y);
       long double copysignl(long double x, long double y);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       copysign(), copysignf(), copysignl():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
               || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       These functions return a value whose absolute value matches that of x, but whose sign bit matches that of y.

       For example, copysign(42.0, -1.0) and copysign(-42.0, -1.0) both return -42.0.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, these functions return a value whose magnitude is taken from x and whose sign is taken from y.

       If x is a NaN, a NaN with the sign bit of y is returned.

ERRORS
       No errors occur.

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

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                                                                                             │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │copysign(), copysignf(), copysignl()                                                                                                  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.  This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854).

NOTES
       On architectures where the floating-point formats are not IEEE 754 compliant, these functions may treat a negative zero as positive.

SEE ALSO
       signbit(3)

GNU                                                                            2021-03-22                                                                    COPYSIGN(3)