NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     labs - return the absolute value of a long integer

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     long int
     labs(long int j);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     abs(3), cabs(3), floor(3), llabs(3), math(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD