.TH FABS 3 "January 7, 2010" .UC 4 .SH NAME fabs, fabsf \- compute absolute value .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .ft B #include double fabs(double \fIx\fP); float fabsf(float \fIx\fP); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION \fBfabs\fP and \fBfabsf\fP return the absolute value of their argument. .SH "RETURN VALUE The return value is a number with the same magnitude as the argument and with a positive sign.