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

NAME
     labs - return the absolute value of a long integer

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     labs(long j)

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

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

STANDARDS
     The labs() function conforms to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

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

BSDI BSD/386                    March 26, 1993                               1