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.\" Linux libc source code
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.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
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.\" 386BSD man pages
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.\" Modified Mon Mar 29 22:31:13 1993, David Metcalfe
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.\" Modified Sun Jun 6 23:27:50 1993, David Metcalfe
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:45:37 1993, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified Sat Dec 16 15:02:59 2000, Joseph S. Myers
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.TH ABS 3 2000-12-17 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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abs, labs, llabs, imaxabs \- compute the absolute value of an integer
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.BI "int abs(int " j );
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.br
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.BI "long int labs(long int " j );
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.BI "long long int llabs(long long int " j );
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.B #include <inttypes.h>
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.BI "intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t " j );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBabs\fP() function computes the absolute value of the integer
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argument \fIj\fP. The \fBlabs\fP(), \fBllabs\fP() and \fBimaxabs\fP()
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functions compute the absolute value of the argument \fIj\fP of the
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appropriate integer type for the function.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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Returns the absolute value of the integer argument, of the appropriate
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integer type for the function.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C99.
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.\" POSIX.1 (1996 edition) only requires the \fBabs\fP() function.
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C89 only
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includes the \fBabs\fP() and \fBlabs\fP() functions; the functions
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\fBllabs\fP() and \fBimaxabs\fP() were added in C99.
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.SH NOTES
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Trying to take the absolute value of the most negative integer
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is not defined.
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.PP
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The \fBllabs\fP() function is included in glibc since version 2.0, but
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is not in libc5 or libc4. The \fBimaxabs\fP() function is included in
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glibc since version 2.1.1.
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.PP
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For \fBllabs\fP() to be declared, it may be necessary to define
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\fB_ISOC99_SOURCE\fP or \fB_ISOC9X_SOURCE\fP (depending on the
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version of glibc) before including any standard headers.
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.PP
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GCC handles \fBabs\fP() and \fBlabs\fP() as builtin functions. GCC
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3.0 also handles \fBllabs\fP() and \fBimaxabs\fP() as builtins.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR cabs (3),
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.BR ceil (3),
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.BR fabs (3),
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.BR floor (3),
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.BR rint (3)
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