ABS(3,L) AIX Technical Reference ABS(3,L) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- abs PURPOSE Returns the absolute value of an integer. LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc.a) SYNTAX int abs (i) int i; DESCRIPTION The abs subroutine returns the absolute value of its integer operand. Note: A twos-complement integer can hold a negative number whose absolute value is too large for the integer to hold. When given this largest negative value, the abs subroutine returns the same value. RELATED INFORMATION In this book: "floor, ceil, fmod, fabs, rint." Processed November 7, 1990 ABS(3,L) 1