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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>fabs, fabsf, fabsl - absolute value function</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_135_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<p><code><tt>#include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/math.h.html">math.h</a>&gt;<br>
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double fabs(double</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
float fabsf(float</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
long double fabsl(long double</tt> <i>x</i><tt>);<br>
</tt></code></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<div class="box"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO&nbsp;C standard. Any conflict between the
requirements described here and the ISO&nbsp;C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001 defers to
the ISO&nbsp;C standard. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></div>
<p>These functions shall compute the absolute value of their argument <i>x</i>,| <i>x</i>|.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the absolute value of <i>x</i>.</p>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('MX')">MX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> If
<i>x</i> is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is &plusmn;0, +0 shall be returned.</p>
<p>If <i>x</i> is &plusmn;Inf, +Inf shall be returned. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>No errors are defined.</p>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_135_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="isnan.html"><i>isnan</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../basedefs/math.h.html"><i>&lt;math.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_12"></a>Issue 5</h4>
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<p>The DESCRIPTION is updated to indicate how an application should check for an error. This text was previously published in the
APPLICATION USAGE section.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_135_13"></a>Issue 6</h4>
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<p>The <i>fabsf</i>() and <i>fabsl</i>() functions are added for alignment with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999 standard.</p>
<p>The DESCRIPTION, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS, and APPLICATION USAGE sections are revised to align with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999
standard.</p>
<p>IEC&nbsp;60559:1989 standard floating-point extensions over the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999 standard are marked.</p>
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