LABS(P)                                                                                   LABS(P)



NAME
       labs, llabs - return a long integer absolute value

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       long labs(long i);
       long long llabs(long long i);


DESCRIPTION
       The  labs()  function  shall compute the absolute value of the long integer operand i. The
       llabs() function shall compute the absolute value of the long long integer operand  i.  If
       the result cannot be represented, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The  labs()  function  shall  return  the  absolute value of the long integer operand. The
       labs() function shall return the absolute value of the long long integer operand.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       abs() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The orig-
       inal Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .



POSIX                                          2003                                       LABS(P)