Reference

function
<cstdlib>

abs

int abs (int n);
 int abs ( int n);long int abs (long int n);
 int abs ( int n); long int abs ( long int n);long long int abs (long long int n);
Absolute value
Returns the absolute value of parameter n ( /n/ ).

In C++, this function is also overloaded in header <cmath> for floating-point types (see cmath abs), in header <complex> for complex numbers (see complex abs), and in header <valarray> for valarrays (see valarray abs).

Parameters

n
Integral value.

Return Value

The absolute value of n.

Portability

In C, only the int version exists.
For the long int equivalent see labs .
For the long long int equivalent see llabs .

Example

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/* abs example */
#include <stdio.h> /* printf */
#include <stdlib.h> /* abs */
int main ()
{
 int n,m;
 n=abs(23);
 m=abs(-11);
 printf ("n=%d\n",n);
 printf ("m=%d\n",m);
 return 0;
}

Output:

n=23
m=11


Data races

Concurrently calling this function is safe, causing no data races.

Exceptions (C++)

No-throw guarantee: this function throws no exceptions.

If the result cannot be represented by the returned type (such as abs(INT_MIN) in an implementation with two's complement signed values), it causes undefined behavior.

See also

labs
Absolute value (function)
fabs
Compute absolute value (function)
div
Integral division (function)

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