NAME¶

labs - computes the absolute value of a long integer.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <stdlib.h>

long int labs(long int j);

DESCRIPTION¶

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

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns the absolute value of the long integer argument.

CONFORMING TO¶

SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

NOTES¶

Trying to take the absolute value of the most negative integer is not defined.

SEE ALSO¶

abs(3), ceil(3), floor(3), fabs(3), rint(3)