centos man page for imaxabs

IMAXABS(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       IMAXABS(3P)

PROLOG
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       ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME
       imaxabs - return absolute value

SYNOPSIS
       #include <inttypes.h>

       intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t j);

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

RETURN VALUE
       The imaxabs() function shall return the absolute value.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

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

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       imaxdiv(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <inttypes.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and  the  original  IEEE
       and  The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							       IMAXABS(3P)