Linux manual pages Section 3: Subroutines  

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);
 
[Note] Note
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
cbrt():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or cc -std=c99
cbrtf(), cbrtl():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or cc -std=c99
[Note] Note

Link with −lm.

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

This page is part of release 3.52 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.


  Copyright 1995 Jim Van Zandt <jrvvanzandt.mv.com>

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changed `square root' into `cube root' - aeb, 950919

Modified 2002-07-27 Walter Harms
(walter.harmsinformatik.uni-oldenburg.de)