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[ANSI C X3.159-1989]

LABS(3)                   OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                  LABS(3)

NAME
     labs - return the absolute value of a long integer



SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long j);

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

SEE ALSO
     abs(3),  cabs(3),  floor(3),  math(3)

STANDARDS
     The labs() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BUGS
     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

OpenBSD 2.6                      June 29, 1991                               1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.

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Up to: Integer math - including rational numbers, Big/Wide integers

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