abs(3C)                                                   abs(3C)



     NAME
          abs - return integer absolute value

     SYNOPSIS
          int abs(i)
          int i;

     DESCRIPTION
          abs returns the absolute value of its integer operand.

     BUGS
          In two's-complement representation, the absolute value of
          the negative integer with largest magnitude is returned.

          Some implementations trap this error, but others simply ig-
          nore it.

     SEE ALSO
          floor(3M).




































     April, 1990                                                     1