Reference

fabsl(3)

floating-point absolute value functions

Part of fabs(3).

NAME

fabs, fabsf, fabsl – floating-point absolute value functions

LIBRARY

Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double

fabs(double x);

float

fabsf(float x);

long double

fabsl(long double x);

DESCRIPTION

The fabs(), fabsf() and fabsl() functions compute the absolute value of a floating-point number x.

RETURN VALUES

The fabs(), fabsf() and fabsl() functions return the absolute value of x.

SEE ALSO

abs(3), ceil(3), floor(3), ieee(3), math(3), rint(3)

STANDARDS

The fabs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”). The fabsf() and fabsl() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).

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