LABS(3)                 NetBSD 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 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.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE                June 4, 1993                NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
