NAME

abs — 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.

RETURN VALUES

The abs() function returns the absolute value.

SEE ALSO

cabs(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”).

HISTORY

The abs() function first appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BUGS

The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.