cimagf, cimag, cimagl

Defined in header `<complex.h>`
float cimagf( float complex z );	(1)	(since C99)
double cimag( double complex z );	(2)	(since C99)
long double cimagl( long double complex z );	(3)	(since C99)
Defined in header `<tgmath.h>`
#define cimag( z )	(4)	(since C99)

1-3) Returns the imaginary part of z.

4) Type-generic macro: if z has type long double complex, long double imaginary, or long double, cimagl is called. If z has type float complex, float imaginary, or float, cimagf is called. If z has type double complex, double imaginary, double, or any integer type, cimag is called.

Parameters

z

-

complex argument

Return value

The imaginary part of z.

This function is fully specified for all possible inputs and is not subject to any errors described in math_errhandling

Notes

For any complex variable z, z == creal(z) + I*cimag(z).

Example

Run this code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <complex.h>
 
int main(void)
{    
    double complex z = 1.0 + 2.0*I;
    printf("%f%+fi\n", creal(z), cimag(z));
}

Output:

1.000000+2.000000i

References

C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

7.3.9.2 The cimag functions (p: 197)

7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)

G.7 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 545)

C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

7.3.9.2 The cimag functions (p: 178-179)

7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)

G.7 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 480)

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