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34 .Nd functions to manipulate signs
40 .Fn copysign "double x" "double y"
42 .Fn copysignf "float x" "float y"
44 .Fn copysignl "long double x" "long double y"
51 functions return a value whose absolute value matches
53 but whose sign bit is taken from
56 Upon successful completion,
57 all three functions return a value with the magnitude of
65 the functions return a
73 The described functions conform to
78 .\" The functions are also recommended by
85 .\" These functions first appeared in ???.
88 Note that on implementations that represent a signed zero
89 but do not treat negative zero consistently in arithmetic operations,
90 these functions may regard the sign of zero as positive.