ABS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ABS(3)NAMEabs — integer absolute value function
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int
abs(int j);
DESCRIPTION
The abs() function computes the absolute value of the integer j.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The abs() function is thread-safe. It is not async-cancel-safe.
RETURN VALUES
The abs() function returns the absolute value.
SEE ALSOcabs(3), fabs(3), floor(3), hypot(3), imaxabs(3), labs(3), llabs(3),
math(3)STANDARDS
The abs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).
BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
BSD November 14, 2001 BSD