opensolaris man page for imaxabs

imaxabs(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					       imaxabs(3C)

NAME
       imaxabs - return absolute value

SYNOPSIS
       #include <inttypes.h>

       intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t j);

DESCRIPTION
       The imaxabs() function computes the absolute value of an integer j. If the result cannot be represented, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUES
       The imaxabs() function returns the absolute value.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

USAGE
       The absolute value of the most negative number cannot be represented in two's complement.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       imaxdiv(3C),  attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    1 Nov 2003							       imaxabs(3C)