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(), cbrtf(), cbrtl(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _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.

CONFORMING TO
C99

SEE ALSO
pow(3), sqrt(3)

COLOPHON
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