cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl

Types

div_tldiv_tlldiv_timaxdiv_t (C99)(C99)

float_tdouble_t (C99)(C99)
_Decimal32_t_Decimal64_t (C23)(C23)

Functions

Basic operations

abslabsllabsimaxabs (C99)(C99)
fabs
divldivlldivimaxdiv (C99)(C99)

fmod
remainder (C99)
remquo (C99)
fma (C99)
fdim (C99)
nannanfnanlnandN (C99)(C99)(C99)(C23)

Maximum/minimum operations

fmax (C99)
fmaximum (C23)
fmaximum_mag (C23)
fmaximum_num (C23)
fmaximum_mag_num (C23)

fmin (C99)
fminimum (C23)
fminimum_mag (C23)
fminimum_num (C23)
fminimum_mag_num (C23)

Exponential functions

exp
exp10 (C23)
exp2 (C99)
expm1 (C99)
exp10m1 (C23)
exp2m1 (C23)

log
log10
log2 (C99)
log1plogp1 (C99)(C23)
log10p1 (C23)
log2p1 (C23)

Power functions

sqrt
cbrt (C99)
rootn (C23)
rsqrt (C23)

hypot (C99)
compound (C23)
pow
pown (C23)
powr (C23)

Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

sin
cos
tan
asin
acos
atan
atan2
sinpi (C23)
cospi (C23)
tanpi (C23)

asinpi (C23)
acospi (C23)
atanpi (C23)
atan2pi (C23)
sinh
cosh
tanh
asinh (C99)
acosh (C99)
atanh (C99)

Error and gamma functions

erf (C99)
erfc (C99)

lgamma (C99)
tgamma (C99)

Nearest integer floating-point operations

ceil
floor
roundlroundllround (C99)(C99)(C99)
roundeven (C23)
trunc (C99)

nearbyint (C99)
rintlrintllrint (C99)(C99)(C99)
fromfpfromfpxufromfpufromfpx (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)

Floating-point manipulation functions

ldexp
frexp
scalbnscalbln (C99)(C99)
ilogbllogb (C99)(C23)
logb (C99)

modf
nextafternexttoward (C99)(C99)
nextupnextdown (C23)(C23)
copysign (C99)
canonicalize (C23)

Narrowing operations

fadd (C23)
fsub (C23)
fmul (C23)

fdiv (C23)
ffma (C23)
fsqrt (C23)

Quantum and quantum exponent functions

quantizedN (C23)
samequantumdN (C23)

quantumdN (C23)
llquantexpdN (C23)

Decimal re-encoding functions

encodedecdN (C23)
decodedecdN (C23)

encodebindN (C23)
decodebindN (C23)

Total order and payload functions

totalorder (C23)
getpayload (C23)

setpayload (C23)
setpayloadsig (C23)

Classification

fpclassify (C99)
iscanonical (C23)
isfinite (C99)
isinf (C99)
isnan (C99)
isnormal (C99)
signbit (C99)
issubnormal (C23)
iszero (C23)

isgreater (C99)
isgreaterequal (C99)
isless (C99)
islessequal (C99)
islessgreater (C99)
isunordered (C99)
issignaling (C23)
iseqsig (C23)

Macro constants

Special floating-point values

HUGE_VALFHUGE_VALHUGE_VALLHUGE_VALDN

(C99)(C99)(C23)

INFINITYDEC_INFINITY (C99)(C23)
NANDEC_NAN (C99)(C23)

Arguments and return values

FP_ILOGB0FP_ILOGBNAN (C99)(C99)
FP_INT_UPWARDFP_INT_DOWNWARDFP_INT_TOWARDZEROFP_INT_TONEARESTFROMZEROFP_INT_TONEAREST (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)

FP_LLOGB0FP_LLOGBNAN (C23)(C23)
FP_NORMALFP_SUBNORMALFP_ZEROFP_INFINITEFP_NAN (C99)(C99)(C99)(C99)(C99)

Error handling

MATH_ERRNOMATH_ERRNOEXCEPT

(C99)(C99)

math_errhandling (C99)

Fast operation indicators

FP_FAST_FMAFFP_FAST_FMA (C99)(C99)
FP_FAST_FADDFP_FAST_FADDLFP_FAST_DADDLFP_FAST_DMADDDN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)
FP_FAST_FMULFP_FAST_FMULLFP_FAST_DMULLFP_FAST_DMMULDN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)
FP_FAST_FFMAFP_FAST_FFMALFP_FAST_DFMALFP_FAST_DMFMADN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)

FP_FAST_FMALFP_FAST_FMADN (C99)(C23)
FP_FAST_FSUBFP_FAST_FSUBLFP_FAST_DSUBLFP_FAST_DMSUBDN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)
FP_FAST_FDIVFP_FAST_FDIVLFP_FAST_DDIVLFP_FAST_DMDIVDN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)
FP_FAST_FSQRTFP_FAST_FSQRTLFP_FAST_DSQRTLFP_FAST_DMSQRTDN (C23)(C23)(C23)(C23)

Defined in header `<math.h>`
float cbrtf( float arg );	(1)	(since C99)
double cbrt( double arg );	(2)	(since C99)
long double cbrtl( long double arg );	(3)	(since C99)
Defined in header `<tgmath.h>`
#define cbrt( arg )	(4)	(since C99)

1-3) Computes the cube root of arg.

4) Type-generic macro: If arg has type long double, cbrtl is called. Otherwise, if arg has integer type or the type double, cbrt is called. Otherwise, cbrtf is called.

Parameters

arg

-

floating-point value

Return value

If no errors occur, the cube root of arg ($\small{\sqrt[3]{arg} }$ $3 \sqrt arg$ ), is returned.

If a range error occurs due to underflow, the correct result (after rounding) is returned.

Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

if the argument is ±0 or ±∞, it is returned, unchanged
if the argument is NaN, NaN is returned.

Notes

cbrt(arg) is not equivalent to pow(arg, 1.0/3) because the rational number

13

is typically not equal to 1.0/3 and std::pow cannot raise a negative base to a fractional exponent. Moreover, cbrt(arg) usually gives more accurate results than pow(arg, 1.0/3) (see example).

Example

Run this code

#include <float.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    printf("Normal use:\n"
           "cbrt(729)      = %f\n", cbrt(729));
    printf("cbrt(-0.125)   = %f\n", cbrt(-0.125));
    printf("Special values:\n"
           "cbrt(-0)       = %f\n", cbrt(-0.0));
    printf("cbrt(+inf)     = %f\n", cbrt(INFINITY));
    printf("Accuracy:\n"
           "cbrt(343)      = %.*f\n", DBL_DECIMAL_DIG, cbrt(343));
    printf("pow(343,1.0/3) = %.*f\n", DBL_DECIMAL_DIG, pow(343, 1.0/3));
}

Possible output:

Normal use:
cbrt(729)      = 9.000000
cbrt(-0.125)   = -0.500000
Special values:
cbrt(-0)       = -0.000000
cbrt(+inf)     = inf
Accuracy:
cbrt(343)      = 7.00000000000000000
pow(343,1.0/3) = 6.99999999999999911

References

C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2024):

7.12.7.1 The cbrt functions (p: TBD)

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

F.10.4.1 The cbrt functions (p: TBD)

C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):

7.12.7.1 The cbrt functions (p: 180-181)

7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 272-273)

F.10.4.1 The cbrt functions (p: 381-)

C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

7.12.7.1 The cbrt functions (p: 247)

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

F.10.4.1 The cbrt functions (p: 524)

C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

7.12.7.1 The cbrt functions (p: 228)

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

F.9.4.1 The cbrt functions (p: 460)

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Common mathematical functions
Floating-point environment (C99)
Pseudo-random number generation
Complex number arithmetic (C99)
Type-generic math (C99)

powpowfpowl (C99)(C99)	computes a number raised to the given power (\(\small{x^y}\) $x y$ ) (function)
sqrtsqrtfsqrtl (C99)(C99)	computes square root (\(\small{\sqrt{x} }\) $\sqrt x$ ) (function)
hypothypotfhypotl (C99)(C99)(C99)	computes square root of the sum of the squares of two given numbers (\(\scriptsize{\sqrt{x^2+y^2} }\) $\sqrt x 2 +y 2$ ) (function)
C++ documentation for cbrt

cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl

Parameters

Return value

Error handling

Notes

Example

References

See also

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