NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     labs -- return the absolute value of a long integer

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long j);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The labs() function returns the absolute value of the long integer j.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     abs(3), cabs(3), floor(3), imaxabs(3), llabs(3), math(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The labs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.


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