IMAXABS(3)               BSD Library Functions Manual               IMAXABS(3)

NAME
     imaxabs -- returns absolute value

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <inttypes.h>

     intmax_t
     imaxabs(intmax_t j);

DESCRIPTION
     The imaxabs() function returns the absolute value of j.

SEE ALSO
     abs(3), fabs(3), hypot(3), labs(3), llabs(3), math(3)

STANDARDS
     The imaxabs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

HISTORY
     The imaxabs() function first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

BUGS
     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

BSD                            November 14, 2001                           BSD