C in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (OReilly))

Gives the absolute value of a long integer

#include <stdlib.h> long labs ( long n );

The parameter and the return value of labs( ) are long integers. Otherwise, labs( ) works the same as the int function abs( ).

Example

See the example for abs( ) in this chapter.

See Also

abs( ), labs( ), imaxabs( )