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27.Dd November 14, 2001
28.Dt IMAXABS 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm imaxabs
32.Nd returns absolute value
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In inttypes.h
37.Ft intmax_t
38.Fn imaxabs "intmax_t j"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn imaxabs
42function returns the absolute value of
43.Fa j .
44.Sh SEE ALSO
45.Xr abs 3 ,
46.Xr fabs 3 ,
47.Xr hypot 3 ,
48.Xr labs 3 ,
49.Xr llabs 3 ,
50.Xr math 3
51.Sh STANDARDS
52The
53.Fn imaxabs
54function conforms to
55.St -isoC-99 .
56.Sh HISTORY
57The
58.Fn imaxabs
59function first appeared in
60.Fx 5.0 .
61.Sh BUGS
62The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.
63