NAME
abs, labs,
llabs, imaxabs —
functions for integer absolute
value
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<stdlib.h>
int
abs(int
x);
long int
labs(long
int x);
long long int
llabs(long
long int x);
#include
<inttypes.h>
intmax_t
imaxabs(intmax_t
x);
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the absolute value of the integer x. The listed functions differ only with respect to the type of the return value and x.SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The described functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).
BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.