cbrt(3) - Linux man page

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 || _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_SOUCE >= 200112L;
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)

Referenced By

exp(3), exp10(3), exp2(3), log(3), log10(3), log2(3)