LABS(3)                   OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                  LABS(3)

NAME
     labs, llabs - return the absolute value of a long integer

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long i);

     long long
     llabs(long long j);

DESCRIPTION
     The labs() function returns the absolute value of the long integer i.
     The llabs() function returns the absolute value of the long long integer
     j.

SEE ALSO
     abs(3), cabs(3), floor(3), math(3)

STANDARDS
     The labs() and llabs() functions conform to ANSI/ISO/IEC 9899-1999
     (``ANSI C99'').

BUGS
     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

OpenBSD 3.5                      May 14, 2003                                1
