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31*310b2e7cSwiz.Dd March 17, 2016
3261f28255Scgd.Dt FABS 3
3361f28255Scgd.Os
3461f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
35f8173630Skleink.Nm fabs ,
36cf57e34dSnros.Nm fabsf ,
37cf57e34dSnros.Nm fabsl
38cf57e34dSnros.Nd floating-point absolute value functions
39312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY
40312aca53Sperry.Lb libm
4161f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
42472351e1Swiz.In math.h
4361f28255Scgd.Ft double
4461f28255Scgd.Fn fabs "double x"
45df8b005fSjtc.Ft float
46df8b005fSjtc.Fn fabsf "float x"
47cf57e34dSnros.Ft long double
48*310b2e7cSwiz.Fn fabsl "long double x"
4961f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
5061f28255ScgdThe
51cf57e34dSnros.Fn fabs ,
52df8b005fSjtc.Fn fabsf
53cf57e34dSnrosand
54cf57e34dSnros.Fn fabsl
55df8b005fSjtcfunctions compute the absolute value of a floating-point number
5661f28255Scgd.Fa x .
5761f28255Scgd.Sh RETURN VALUES
58cf57e34dSnrosFunctions of the
5961f28255Scgd.Fn fabs
60cf57e34dSnrosfamily return the absolute value of
6161f28255Scgd.Fa x .
6261f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO
6361f28255Scgd.Xr abs 3 ,
6461f28255Scgd.Xr ceil 3 ,
6561f28255Scgd.Xr floor 3 ,
66306d24c5Swiz.Xr math 3 ,
67306d24c5Swiz.Xr rint 3
6861f28255Scgd.Sh STANDARDS
6961f28255ScgdThe
7061f28255Scgd.Fn fabs
7161f28255Scgdfunction conforms to
7261f28255Scgd.St -ansiC .
73cf57e34dSnrosThe
74cf57e34dSnros.Fn fabsf
75cf57e34dSnrosand
76cf57e34dSnros.Fn fabsl
77cf57e34dSnrosfunctions conform to
78cf57e34dSnros.St -isoC-99 .
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