imaxabs() — Absolute value for intmax_t

Standards

Standards / Extensions	C or C++	Dependencies
C99 Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 C++ TR1 C99	both	z/OS® V1R7

Format

#define _ISOC99_SOURCE
#include <inttypes.h>

intmax_t imaxabs(intmax_t j);

Compile requirement: Function imaxabs() requires long long to be available.

General description

The imaxabs() function computes the absolute value of j. When the input value is INTMAX_MIN, the value is undefined. The imaxabs() function is similar to llabs() and labs(). The only difference being that the return value and the argument passed in are of type intmax_t.

Returned value

The imaxabs function returns the absolute value of j.

Example

#define _ISOC99_SOURCE
#include <inttypes.h>      
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) 
{ 
  intmax_t a = -1234;

  intmax_t b = imaxabs(a); 
  
    
  printf("%jd \n", b );
} 

Output:

1234

Related information

inttypes.h
labs()
llabs()