---
name: "imaxabs"
section: "3"
platform: "macos"
package: "Libc"
version: "1752.120.2"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/imaxabs"
---

# imaxabs(3)

returns absolute value

## NAME

**imaxabs** – returns absolute value

## LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<inttypes.h\>**

*intmax\_t*\

**imaxabs**(*intmax\_t j*);

## DESCRIPTION

The **imaxabs**() function returns the absolute value of *j*.

## SEE ALSO

[abs(3)](/abs/3.md), [fabs(3)](/fabs/3.md), [hypot(3)](/hypot/3.md), [labs(3)](/labs/3.md), [llabs(3)](/llabs/3.md), [math(3)](/math/3.md)

## STANDARDS

The **imaxabs**() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).

## HISTORY

The **imaxabs**() function first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

## BUGS

The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.