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Portability: | ISO/ANSI C conforming, UNIX compatible |
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SYNOPSIS |
#include <stdlib.h> long int labs(long int j);
DESCRIPTION |
labs
returns the absolute value of a
long int
.
RETURN VALUE |
labs
returns the absolute value of its argument. Both the result and the argument
are of
long int
type.
IMPLEMENTATION |
labs
is implemented as a macro that invokes the built-in
abs
function.
EXAMPLE |
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> main() { long int a, c; /* The variable, a, can have a negative value. */ int b; puts("Enter values for a (can be negative) and b:"); scanf("%ld %d", &a, &b); c = labs(a*b); /* Calculate absolute value. */ printf("The absolute value of their product = %ld\n", c ); }
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