SYNOPSIS
       #include <complex.h>

       double creal(double complex z);
       float crealf(float complex z);
       long double creall(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION
       The creal() function returns the real part of the complex number z.

       One has:

           z = creal(z) + I * cimag(z)

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO
       C99.

NOTES
       The gcc supports also __real__.  That is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO
       cabs(3), cimag(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON
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