NAME¶

fdim, fdimf, fdiml - positive difference

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <math.h> double fdim(double x, double y); float fdimf(float x, float y); long double fdiml(long double x, long double y); Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fdimf(), fdiml():

DESCRIPTION¶

These functions return the positive difference, max( x-y,0), between their arguments.

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, these functions return the positive difference. If x or y is a NaN, a NaN is returned. If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively.

ERRORS¶

See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur:

Range error: result overflow

An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.

These functions do not set errno.

VERSIONS¶

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES¶

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))¶

The fdim(), fdimf(), and fdiml() functions are thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO¶

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO¶

fmax(3)

COLOPHON¶

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