NAME

labs - return the absolute value of a long integer

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS



long int labs(long int j)

DESCRIPTION

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

SEE ALSO

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

STANDARDS

The labs() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'') .

BUGS

The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.