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LABS(3)                                 BSD Library Functions Manual                                 LABS(3)

NAME
     labs -- return the absolute value of a long integer

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long i);

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

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

STANDARDS
     The labs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').

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

BSD                                           November 14, 2001                                          BSD

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