# std::norm(std::complex)

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Defined in header `<complex>` |  |
| (1) |
template< class T > T norm( const std::complex <T>& z ); |  | (until C++20)
template< class T > constexpr T norm( const std::complex <T>& z ); |  | (since C++20)
| (2) |
float norm( float z ); template< class DoubleOrInteger > double norm( DoubleOrInteger z ); long double norm( long double z ); |  | (since C++11) (until C++20)
constexpr float norm( float z ); template< class DoubleOrInteger > constexpr double norm( DoubleOrInteger z ); constexpr long double norm( long double z ); |  | (since C++20)

1) Returns the squared magnitude of the complex number `z`.

2) Additional overloads are provided for float, double, long double, and all integer types, which are treated as complex numbers with zero imaginary component. | (since C++11)

### Parameters

z | - | complex value

### Return value

the squared magnitude of `z`

### Notes

The norm calculated by this function is also known as field norm or absolute square.

The Euclidean norm of a complex number is provided by `std::abs`, which is more costly to compute. In some situations, it may be replaced by `std::norm`, for example, if abs(z1) > abs(z2) then norm(z1) > norm(z2).

### See also

abs(std::complex) | returns the magnitude of a complex number (function template)
conj | returns the complex conjugate (function template)
polar | constructs a complex number from magnitude and phase angle (function template)

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