# std::complex

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Defined in header `<complex>` |  |
template< class T > class complex; | (1) |
template<> class complex<float>; | (2) |
template<> class complex<double>; | (3) |
template<> class complex<long double>; | (4) |

The specializations std::complex<float>, std::complex<double>, and std::complex<long double> are LiteralTypes for representing and manipulating complex numbers.

The effect of instantiating the template `complex` for any other type is unspecified.

### Member types

Member type | Definition
`value_type` | `T`

### Member functions

(constructor) | constructs a complex number (public member function)
operator= | assigns the contents (public member function)
real | accesses the real part of the complex number (public member function)
imag | accesses the imaginary part of the complex number (public member function)
operator+=operator-=operator*=operator/= | compound assignment of two complex numbers or a complex and a scalar (public member function)

### Non-member functions

operator+operator- | applies unary operators to complex numbers (function template)
operator+operator-operator*operator/ | performs complex number arithmetics on two complex values or a complex and a scalar (function template)
operator==operator!= | compares two complex numbers or a complex and a scalar (function template)
operator<<operator>> | serializes and deserializes a complex number (function template)
real | returns the real component (function template)
imag | returns the imaginary component (function template)
abs(std::complex) | returns the magnitude of a complex number (function template)
arg | returns the phase angle (function template)
norm | returns the squared magnitude (function template)
conj | returns the complex conjugate (function template)
proj (C++11) | returns the projection onto the Riemann sphere (function template)
polar | constructs a complex number from magnitude and phase angle (function template)

##### Exponential functions

exp(std::complex) | complex base e exponential (function template)
log(std::complex) | complex natural logarithm with the branch cuts along the negative real axis (function template)
log10(std::complex) | complex common logarithm with the branch cuts along the negative real axis (function template)

##### Power functions

pow(std::complex) | complex power, one or both arguments may be a complex number (function template)
sqrt(std::complex) | complex square root in the range of the right half-plane (function template)

##### Trigonometric functions

sin(std::complex) | computes sine of a complex number (sin(z)) (function template)
cos(std::complex) | computes cosine of a complex number (cos(z)) (function template)
tan(std::complex) | computes tangent of a complex number (tan(z)) (function template)
asin(std::complex) (C++11) | computes arc sine of a complex number (arcsin(z)) (function template)
acos(std::complex) (C++11) | computes arc cosine of a complex number (arccos(z)) (function template)
atan(std::complex) (C++11) | computes arc tangent of a complex number (arctan(z)) (function template)

##### Hyperbolic functions

sinh(std::complex) | computes hyperbolic sine of a complex number (sh(z)) (function template)
cosh(std::complex) | computes hyperbolic cosine of a complex number (ch(z)) (function template)
tanh(std::complex) | computes hyperbolic tangent of a complex number (function template)
asinh(std::complex) (C++11) | computes area hyperbolic sine of a complex number (function template)
acosh(std::complex) (C++11) | computes area hyperbolic cosine of a complex number (function template)
atanh(std::complex) (C++11) | computes area hyperbolic tangent of a complex number (function template)

### Array-oriented access

For any object `z` of type `complex<T>`, reinterpret_cast<T(&)[2]>(z)[0] is the real part of z and reinterpret_cast<T(&)[2]>(z)[1] is the imaginary part of z.

For any pointer to an element of an array of `complex<T>` named `p` and any valid array index i, reinterpret_cast<T*>(p)[2*i] is the real part of the complex number p[i], and reinterpret_cast<T*>(p)[2*i + 1] is the imaginary part of the complex number p[i]

The intent of this requirement is to preserve binary compatibility between the C++ library complex number types and the C language complex number types (and arrays thereof), which have an identical object representation requirement.

(since C++11)

### Implementation notes

In order to satisfy the requirements of array-oriented access, an implementation is constrained to store the real and imaginary components of a std::complex specialization in separate and adjacent memory locations. Possible declarations for its non-static data members include:

- an array of type value_type[2], with the first element holding the real component and the second element holding the imaginary component (e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio)
- a single member of type value_type _Complex (encapsulating the corresponding C language complex number type) (e.g. GNU libstdc++);
- two members of type value_type, with the same member access, holding the real and the imaginary components respectively (e.g. LLVM libc++).

An implementation cannot declare additional non-static data members that would occupy storage disjoint from the real and imaginary components, and must ensure that the class template specialization does not contain any padding. The implementation must also ensure that optimizations to array access account for the possibility that a pointer to value_type may be aliasing a std::complex specialization or array thereof.

(since C++11)

### Literals

Defined in inline namespace `std::literals::complex_literals`
operator""ifoperator""ioperator""il (C++14) | A std::complex literal representing pure imaginary number (function)

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <complex>
    #include <cmath>

    int main()
    {
        using namespace std::complex_literals;
        std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(1);

        std::complex<double> z1 = 1i * 1i;     // imaginary unit squared
        std::cout << "i * i = " << z1 << '\n';

        std::complex<double> z2 = std::pow(1i, 2); // imaginary unit squared
        std::cout << "pow(i, 2) = " << z2 << '\n';

        double PI = std::acos(-1);
        std::complex<double> z3 = std::exp(1i * PI); // Euler's formula
        std::cout << "exp(i * pi) = " << z3 << '\n';

        std::complex<double> z4 = 1. + 2i, z5 = 1. - 2i; // conjugates
        std::cout << "(1+2i)*(1-2i) = " << z4*z5 << '\n';
    }

Output:

    i * i = (-1.0,0.0)
    pow(i, 2) = (-1.0,0.0)
    exp(i * pi) = (-1.0,0.0)
    (1+2i)*(1-2i) = (5.0,0.0)

### See also

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