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.TH abs 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
abs, labs, llabs, imaxabs \- compute the absolute value of an integer
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdlib.h>
.P
.BI "int abs(int " j );
.BI "long labs(long " j );
.BI "long long llabs(long long " j );
.P
.B #include <inttypes.h>
.P
.BI "intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t " j );
.fi
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
.P
.BR llabs ():
.nf
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR abs ()
function computes the absolute value of the integer
argument \fIj\fP.
The
.BR labs (),
.BR llabs (),
and
.BR imaxabs ()
functions compute the absolute value of the argument \fIj\fP of the
appropriate integer type for the function.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns the absolute value of the integer argument, of the appropriate
integer type for the function.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR abs (),
.BR labs (),
.BR llabs (),
.BR imaxabs ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
.\" POSIX.1 (1996 edition) requires only the
.\" .BR abs ()
.\" function.
.P
C89 only
includes the
.BR abs ()
and
.BR labs ()
functions; the functions
.BR llabs ()
and
.BR imaxabs ()
were added in C99.
.SH NOTES
Trying to take the absolute value of the most negative integer
is not defined.
.P
The
.BR llabs ()
function is included since glibc 2.0.
The
.BR imaxabs ()
function is included since glibc 2.1.1.
.P
For
.BR llabs ()
to be declared, it may be necessary to define
\fB_ISOC99_SOURCE\fP or \fB_ISOC9X_SOURCE\fP (depending on the
version of glibc) before including any standard headers.
.P
By default,
GCC handles
.BR abs (),
.BR labs (),
and (since GCC 3.0)
.BR llabs ()
and
.BR imaxabs ()
as built-in functions.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cabs (3),
.BR ceil (3),
.BR fabs (3),
.BR floor (3),
.BR rint (3)
