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C Library Function - labs()

C Standard Library - <stdlib.h>

Description

The C library function long int labs(long int x) returns the absolute value of x.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for labs() function.

long int labs(long int x)

Parameters

Return Value

This function returns the absolute value of x.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of labs() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main ()
{
   long int a,b;

   a = labs(65987L);
   printf("Value of a = %ld\n", a);

   b = labs(-1005090L);
   printf("Value of b = %ld\n", b);

   return(0);
}

Let's compile and run the above program, which will produce the following result:

Value of a = 65987
Value of b = 1005090

C Standard Library - <stdlib.h>

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