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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_326_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>labs, llabs - return a long integer absolute value</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_326_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<p><code><tt>#include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/stdlib.h.html">stdlib.h</a>&gt;<br>
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long labs(long</tt> <i>i</i><tt>);<br>
long long llabs(long long</tt> <i>i</i><tt>);<br>
</tt></code></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_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>The <i>labs</i>() function shall compute the absolute value of the <b>long</b> integer operand <i>i</i>. The <i>llabs</i>()
function shall compute the absolute value of the <b>long long</b> integer operand <i>i</i>. If the result cannot be represented,
the behavior is undefined.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>The <i>labs</i>() function shall return the absolute value of the <b>long</b> integer operand. The <i>labs</i>() function shall
return the absolute value of the <b>long long</b> integer operand.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_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_326_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="abs.html"><i>abs</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../basedefs/stdlib.h.html"><i>&lt;stdlib.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 4. Derived from the ISO&nbsp;C standard.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_326_12"></a>Issue 6</h4>
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<p>The <i>llabs</i>() function is added for alignment with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999 standard.</p>
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