cimag(3)		    Library Functions Manual			cimag(3)

NAME
     cimag, cimagf, cimagl - get imaginary part of a complex number

LIBRARY
     Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <complex.h>

     double cimag(double complex z);
     float cimagf(float complex z);
     long double cimagl(long double complex z);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions return the imaginary part of the complex number z.

     One has:

	 z = creal(z) + I * cimag(z)

ATTRIBUTES
     For  an  explanation  of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
     allbox; lbx lb lb l l l.  Interface Attribute Value T{ cimag(), cimagf(),
     cimagl() T}   Thread safety  MT-Safe

VERSIONS
     GCC also supports __imag__.  That is a GNU extension.

STANDARDS
     C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
     glibc 2.1.	 C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
     cabs(3), creal(3), complex(7)

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