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25 lines
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.\" @(#)abs.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
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.TH ABS 3 "May 15, 1985"
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.AT 3
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.SH NAME
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abs \- integer absolute value
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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#include <stdlib.h>
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int abs(int \fIi\fP)
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.ft R
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Abs
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returns the absolute value of its integer operand.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR floor (3).
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.SH BUGS
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Applying the \fIabs\fP function to the most negative integer generates a
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result which is the most negative integer. That is, abs(0x80000000)
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returns 0x80000000 as a result on a machine with 32-bit ints. Using the
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result in unsigned computations is sound however.
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