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+ <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">imaginary</h1> <table class="t-dcl-begin"> <tr class="t-dsc-header"> <th> Defined in header <code>&lt;complex.h&gt;</code> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> </tr> <tr class="t-dcl t-since-c99"> <td> <pre data-language="c">#define imaginary _Imaginary</pre>
+</td> <td class="t-dcl-nopad"> </td> <td> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-c99">(since C99)</span> </td> </tr> </table> <p>This macro expands to the keyword <a href="../../keyword/_imaginary" title="c/keyword/ Imaginary"><code>_Imaginary</code></a>.</p>
+<p>This is a convenience macro that makes it possible to use <code>float imaginary</code>, <code>double imaginary</code>, and <code>long double imaginary</code> as an alternative way to write the three pure imaginary C types <code>float _Imaginary</code>, <code>double _Imaginary</code>, and <code>long double _Imaginary</code></p>
+<p>As with any pure imaginary number support in C, this macro is only defined if the imaginary numbers are supported.</p>
+<table class="t-rev-begin"> <tr class="t-rev t-since-c99 t-until-c11">
+<td> <p>A compiler that defines <code>__STDC_IEC_559_COMPLEX__</code> is not required to support imaginary numbers. POSIX recommends checking if the macro <code><a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/numeric/complex/Imaginary_I"><span class="kw745">_Imaginary_I</span></a></code> is defined to identify imaginary number support.</p>
+</td> <td>
+<span class="t-mark-rev t-since-c99">(since C99)</span><br><span class="t-mark-rev t-until-c11">(until C11)</span>
+</td>
+</tr> <tr class="t-rev t-since-c11">
+<td> <p>Imaginary numbers are supported if <code>__STDC_IEC_559_COMPLEX__</code> is defined.</p>
+</td> <td><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-c11">(since C11)</span></td>
+</tr> </table> <h3 id="Notes"> Notes</h3> <p>Programs are allowed to undefine and perhaps redefine the <code>imaginary</code> macro.</p>
+<h3 id="Example"> Example</h3> <div class="t-example"> <div class="c source-c"><pre data-language="c">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
+#include &lt;complex.h&gt;
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ double imaginary i = -2.0*I; // pure imaginary
+ double f = 1.0; // pure real
+ double complex z = f + i; // complex number
+ printf("z = %.1f%+.1fi\n", creal(z), cimag(z));
+}</pre></div> <p>Output:</p>
+<div class="text source-text"><pre data-language="c">z = 1.0-2.0i</pre></div> </div> <h3 id="References"> References</h3> <ul>
+<li> C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018): </li>
+<ul>
+<li> 7.3.1/5 imaginary (p: 136) </li>
+<li> G.6/1 imaginary (p: 391-392) </li>
+</ul>
+<li> C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011): </li>
+<ul>
+<li> 7.3.1/5 imaginary (p: 188) </li>
+<li> G.6/1 imaginary (p: 537) </li>
+</ul>
+<li> C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999): </li>
+<ul>
+<li> 7.3.1/3 imaginary (p: 170) </li>
+<li> G.6/1 imaginary (p: 472) </li>
+</ul>
+</ul> <h3 id="See_also"> See also</h3> <table class="t-dsc-begin"> <tr class="t-dsc"> <td> <div><a href="complex" title="c/numeric/complex/complex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>complex</span></span></a></div>
+<div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-c99">(C99)</span></span></span></div> </td> <td> complex type macro <br> <span class="t-mark">(keyword macro)</span> </td>
+</tr> </table> <div class="_attribution">
+ <p class="_attribution-p">
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+ </p>
+</div>