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28.Dd December 2, 2007
29.Dt IMAXABS 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm imaxabs
33.Nd returns absolute value
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In inttypes.h
38.Ft intmax_t
39.Fn imaxabs "intmax_t j"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn imaxabs
43function returns the absolute value of
44.Fa j .
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr abs 3 ,
47.Xr fabs 3 ,
48.Xr hypot 3 ,
49.Xr labs 3 ,
50.Xr llabs 3 ,
51.Xr math 3
52.Sh STANDARDS
53The
54.Fn imaxabs
55function conforms to
56.St -isoC-99 .
57.Sh HISTORY
58The
59.Fn imaxabs
60function first appeared in
61.Dx 1.11 .
62.Sh BUGS
63The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.