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36.Dd May 2, 1991
37.Dt FABS 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm fabs ,
41.Nm fabsf
42.Nd floating-point absolute value functions
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include <math.h>
45.Ft double
46.Fn fabs "double x"
47.Ft float
48.Fn fabsf "float x"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn fabs
52and the
53.Fn fabsf
54functions compute the absolute value of a floating-point number
55.Fa x .
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57The
58.Fn fabs
59and the
60.Fn fabsf
61functions return the absolute value of
62.Fa x .
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr abs 3 ,
65.Xr ceil 3 ,
66.Xr floor 3 ,
67.Xr rint 3 ,
68.Xr ieee 3 ,
69.Xr math 3
70.Sh STANDARDS
71The
72.Fn fabs
73function conforms to
74.St -ansiC .
75