June 4, 1993 LABS 3

### 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.