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36*19606f52Sjruoho.Dd April 13, 2011
3761f28255Scgd.Dt ABS 3
3861f28255Scgd.Os
3961f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
40*19606f52Sjruoho.Nm abs ,
41*19606f52Sjruoho.Nm labs ,
42*19606f52Sjruoho.Nm llabs ,
43*19606f52Sjruoho.Nm imaxabs
44*19606f52Sjruoho.Nd functions for integer absolute value
45312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY
46312aca53Sperry.Lb libc
4761f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
48472351e1Swiz.In stdlib.h
4961f28255Scgd.Ft int
50*19606f52Sjruoho.Fn abs "int x"
51*19606f52Sjruoho.Ft long int
52*19606f52Sjruoho.Fn labs "long int x"
53*19606f52Sjruoho.Ft long long int
54*19606f52Sjruoho.Fn llabs "long long int x"
55*19606f52Sjruoho.In inttypes.h
56*19606f52Sjruoho.Ft intmax_t
57*19606f52Sjruoho.Fn imaxabs "intmax_t x"
5861f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
59*19606f52SjruohoThese functions return the absolute value of the integer
60*19606f52Sjruoho.Fa x .
61*19606f52SjruohoThe listed functions differ only with respect
62*19606f52Sjruohoto the type of the return value and
63*19606f52Sjruoho.Fa x .
6461f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO
654e59d266Swiz.Xr cabs 3 ,
660f1273fcSzuntum.Xr fabs 3 ,
6761f28255Scgd.Xr floor 3 ,
6861f28255Scgd.Xr math 3
6961f28255Scgd.Sh STANDARDS
70*19606f52SjruohoThe described functions conform to
71*19606f52Sjruoho.St -isoC-99 .
7261f28255Scgd.Sh BUGS
7361f28255ScgdThe absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
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