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Revision 1.12, Thu Aug 7 16:43:37 2003 UTC (20 years, 8 months ago) by agc
Branch: MAIN
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Branch point for: wrstuden-revivesa
Changes since 1.11: +2 -6 lines 

Move UCB-licensed code from 4-clause to 3-clause licence.

Patches provided by Joel Baker in PR 22280, verified by myself.

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.\"     from: @(#)abs.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt ABS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm abs
.Nd integer absolute value function
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft int
.Fn abs "int j"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn abs
function
computes
the absolute value of the integer
.Ar j .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn abs
function
returns
the absolute value.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cabs 3 ,
.Xr fabs 3 ,
.Xr floor 3 ,
.Xr hypot 3 ,
.Xr labs 3 ,
.Xr llabs 3 ,
.Xr math 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn abs
function conforms to
.St -ansiC .
.Sh BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.