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.TH CIMAG 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
cimag, cimagf, cimagl \- get imaginary part of a complex number
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <complex.h>
.PP
.BI "double cimag(double complex " z ");"
.BI "float cimagf(float complex " z ");"
.BI "long double cimagl(long double complex " z ");"
.PP
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions return the imaginary part of the complex number
.IR z .
.PP
One has:
.PP
.nf
z = creal(z) + I * cimag(z)
.fi
.SH VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.ad l
.nh
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
.BR cimag (),
.BR cimagf (),
.BR cimagl ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.hy
.ad
.sp 1
.SH CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH NOTES
gcc also supports __imag__.
That is a GNU extension.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cabs (3),
.BR creal (3),
.BR complex (7)