ABS

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: May 15, 1985
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NAME

abs, labs - integer absolute value

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

int abs(i)
int i;

long int labs(i)
long int i;

DESCRIPTION

Abs returns the absolute value of its integer operand. Labs is similar to abs except that its argument and its resul are both of type long int.

BUGS

Applying the abs function to the most negative integer generates a result which is the most negative integer. That is,

abs(0x80000000)

returns 0x80000000 as a result.

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