ABS(3) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual ABS(3)NAMEabs - integer absolute value function
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 ALSOcabs(3), floor(3), hypot(3), imaxabs(3), labs(3), math(3)STANDARDS
The abs() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').
BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
OpenBSD 4.9 May 31, 2007 OpenBSD 4.9