copysign

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Defined in header <math.h>
float       copysignf( float x, float y );
(since C99)
double      copysign( double x, double y );
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long double copysignl( long double x, long double y );
(since C99)

Composes a floating point value with the magnitude of x and the sign of y.

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[edit] Parameters

x, y - floating point values

[edit] Return value

Floating point value with the magnitude of x and the sign of y

[edit] Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    printf("copysign(1.0,+2.0)      = %+.1f\n", copysign(1.0,+2.0));
    printf("copysign(1.0,-2.0)      = %+.1f\n", copysign(1.0,-2.0));
    printf("copysign(INFINITY,-2.0) = %f\n",    copysign(INFINITY,-2.0));
    printf("copysign(NAN,-2.0)      = %f\n",    copysign(NAN,-2.0));
 
    return 0;
}

Possible output:

copysign(1.0,+2.0)      = +1.0
copysign(1.0,-2.0)      = -1.0
copysign(INFINITY,-2.0) = -inf
copysign(NAN,-2.0)      = -nan

[edit] See also

(C99)(C99)
computes absolute value of a floating-point value (|x|)
(function)
(C99)
checks if the given number is negative
(function)
C++ documentation for copysign