# cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl

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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√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 \(\small{\frac1{3} }\)

1
3

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 <stdio.h>
    #include <float.h>
    #include <math.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

- 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)

### See also

pow powf powl (C99)(C99) | computes a number raised to the given power (\(\small{x^y}\)xy) (function)
sqrt sqrtf sqrtl (C99)(C99) | computes square root (\(\small{\sqrt{x} }\)√x) (function)
hypot hypotf hypotl (C99)(C99)(C99) | computes square root of the sum of the squares of two given numbers (\(\scriptsize{\sqrt{x^2+y^2} }\)√x2 +y2 ) (function)

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