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<h3 class="section">2.22 <code>llabs</code>—compute the absolute value of an long long integer.</h3>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example">#include <stdlib.h>
long long llabs(long long <var>j</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
The <code>llabs</code> function computes the absolute value of the long long integer
argument <var>j</var> (also called the magnitude of <var>j</var>).
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<p>The similar function <code>labs</code> uses and returns <code>long</code> rather than
<code>long long</code> values.
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<p><strong>Returns</strong><br>
A nonnegative long long integer.
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<p><strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>llabs</code> is ISO 9899 (C99) compatable.
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<p>No supporting OS subroutines are required.
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