cbrt(3)

NAME

cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl - cube root function

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>
double cbrt(double x);
float cbrtf(float x);
long double cbrtl(long double x);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
cbrt(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 ||
_ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
cbrtf(), cbrtl(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
|| _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION

The cbrt() function returns the (real) cube root of x. This function cannot fail; every representable real value has a representable real cube root.

RETURN VALUE

These functions return the cube root of x.

If x is +0, -0, positive infinity, negative infinity, or NaN, x is returned.

ERRORS

No errors occur.

CONFORMING TO

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

pow(3), sqrt(3)

COLOPHON

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