labs(S-osr5)

labs -- converts to absolute value

Syntax

cc . . . -lc

#include  <stdlib.h>

long labs (n)
long n;

Description

The labs function produces the absolute value of its long-integer argument n.

Return value

The labs function returns the absolute value of its argument. There is no error return.

Example

   #include <stdlib.h>
   #include <stdio.h>
   
   main()
    {
           long x,y;
   

           x = -41567L;
           y = labs(x);
           printf("The labs (%ld) = %ld \n", x, y);
    }

This program uses labs to get and display the absolute value of -41,567.

Standards conformance

labs is conformant with: