abs, labs, llabs, imaxabs

 

C

Language

Type support

Dynamic memory management

Error handling

Program utilities

Date and time utilities

Strings library

Algorithms

Numerics

Input/output support

Localization support

Thread support (C11)

Atomic operations (C11)

 

Numerics

Common mathematical functions

Floating-point environment

Complex number arithmetics

Random number generation

Type-generic math

 

Common mathematical functions

Functions
Basic operations
abs labs llabs imaxabs (C99) fabs div ldiv lldiv imaxdiv (C99) fmod	remainder (C99) remquo (C99) fma (C99) fmax (C99) fmin (C99) fdim (C99) nan nanf nanl (C99) (C99) (C99)
Exponential functions
exp exp2 (C99) expm1 (C99)	log log10 log1p (C99) log2 (C99)
Power functions
sqrt cbrt (C99)	hypot (C99) pow
Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions
sin cos tan asin acos atan atan2	sinh cosh tanh asinh (C99) acosh (C99) atanh (C99)
Error and gamma functions
erf (C99) erfc (C99)	lgamma (C99) tgamma (C99)
Nearest integer floating point operations
ceil floor round lround llround (C99) (C99) (C99)	trunc (C99) nearbyint (C99) rint lrint llrint (C99) (C99) (C99)
Floating point manipulation functions
ldexp scalbn scalbln (C99) (C99) ilogb (C99) logb (C99)	frexp modf nextafter nexttoward (C99) (C99) copysign (C99)
Classification
fpclassify (C99)
isfinite (C99)
isinf (C99)
isnan (C99)
isnormal (C99)
signbit (C99)
Macro constants
HUGE_VALF HUGE_VAL HUGE_VALL (C99) (C99)	FP_NORMAL FP_SUBNORMAL FP_ZERO FP_INFINITE FP_NAN (C99) (C99) (C99) (C99) (C99)

 

Defined in header <stdlib.h>
int        abs( int n );
long       labs( long n );
long long llabs( long long n );		(since C99)
Defined in header <inttypes.h>
intmax_t imaxabs( intmax_t n );		(since C99)

Computes the absolute value of an integer number.

Parameters

n

-

integer value

Return value

The absolute value of n (i.e. |n|)

See also

fabs	absolute value of a floating point value (|x|) (function)
C++ documentation for abs