From: William F. Jolitz <wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 21:32:59 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: 386BSD 0.1 development
X-Git-Tag: 386BSD-0.1~1233
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386BSD 0.1 development
Work on file usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/labs.3

Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz <ljolitz@cardio.ucsf.edu>
Synthesized-from: 386BSD-0.1
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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+.\"     @(#)labs.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
+.\"
+.Dd June 29, 1991
+.Dt LABS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm labs
+.Nd return the absolute value of a long integer
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
+.Ft long
+.Fn labs "long j"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn labs
+function
+returns the absolute value of the long integer
+.Ar j .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr abs 3 ,
+.Xr floor 3 ,
+.Xr cabs 3 ,
+.Xr math 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn labs
+function
+conforms to
+.St -ansiC .
+.Sh BUGS
+The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.