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.\"     @(#)labs.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd November 14, 2001
.Dt LABS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm labs
.Nd return the absolute value of a long integer
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft long
.Fn labs "long j"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn labs
function
returns the absolute value of the long integer
.Fa j .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr abs 3 ,
.Xr cabs 3 ,
.Xr floor 3 ,
.Xr imaxabs 3 ,
.Xr llabs 3 ,
.Xr math 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn labs
function
conforms to
.St -isoC .
.Sh BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
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5b2abdfb	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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5b2abdfb A	4	.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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	6	.\" Processing Systems.
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	22	.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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	25	.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
	26	.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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5b2abdfb	32	.\" @(#)labs.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
1f2f436a	33	.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/labs.3,v 1.10 2007/01/09 00:28:10 imp Exp $
e9ce8d39	34	.\"
9385eb3d	35	.Dd November 14, 2001
5b2abdfb	36	.Dt LABS 3
e9ce8d39 A	37	.Os
e9ce8d39 A	38	.Sh NAME
5b2abdfb A	39	.Nm labs
5b2abdfb A	40	.Nd return the absolute value of a long integer
e9ce8d39 A	41	.Sh LIBRARY
	42	.Lb libc
	43	.Sh SYNOPSIS
5b2abdfb A	44	.In stdlib.h
	45	.Ft long
	46	.Fn labs "long j"
e9ce8d39 A	47	.Sh DESCRIPTION
e9ce8d39 A	48	The
5b2abdfb A	49	.Fn labs
	50	function
	51	returns the absolute value of the long integer
9385eb3d	52	.Fa j .
e9ce8d39	53	.Sh SEE ALSO
5b2abdfb A	54	.Xr abs 3 ,
	55	.Xr cabs 3 ,
	56	.Xr floor 3 ,
9385eb3d A	57	.Xr imaxabs 3 ,
9385eb3d A	58	.Xr llabs 3 ,
5b2abdfb A	59	.Xr math 3
5b2abdfb A	60	.Sh STANDARDS
e9ce8d39	61	The
5b2abdfb A	62	.Fn labs
	63	function
	64	conforms to
	65	.St -isoC .
	66	.Sh BUGS
	67	The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.