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25.Dd November 14, 2001
26.Dt IMAXABS 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm imaxabs
30.Nd returns absolute value
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libc
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In inttypes.h
35.Ft intmax_t
36.Fn imaxabs "intmax_t j"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn imaxabs
40function returns the absolute value of
41.Fa j .
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr abs 3 ,
44.Xr fabs 3 ,
45.Xr hypot 3 ,
46.Xr labs 3 ,
47.Xr llabs 3 ,
48.Xr math 3
49.Sh STANDARDS
50The
51.Fn imaxabs
52function conforms to
53.St -isoC-99 .
54.Sh HISTORY
55The
56.Fn imaxabs
57function first appeared in
58.Fx 5.0 .
59.Sh BUGS
60The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
61