NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     labs, llabs - return the absolute value of a long integer

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long i);

     long long
     llabs(long long j);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The labs() and llabs()  functions  conform  to  ANSI/ISO/IEC
9899-1999
     (``ANSI C99'').

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

OpenBSD      3.6                           May      14,      2003