1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)labs.3 5.2 (Berkeley) 04/19/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt LABS 3 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm labs 13.Nd return the absolute value of a long integer 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Fd #include <stdlib.h> 16.Ft long 17.Fn labs "long j" 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Fn labs 21function 22returns the absolute value of the long integer 23.Ar j . 24.Sh SEE ALSO 25.Xr abs 3 , 26.Xr floor 3 , 27.Xr cabs 3 , 28.Xr math 3 29.Sh STANDARDS 30The 31.Fn labs 32function 33conforms to 34.St -ansiC . 35.Sh BUGS 36The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative. 37