'\" t .\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" .\" References consulted: .\" Linux libc source code .\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) .\" 386BSD man pages .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:42:04 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" Added fabsl, fabsf, aeb, 2001-06-07 .\" .TH fabs 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04" .SH NAME fabs, fabsf, fabsl \- absolute value of floating-point number .SH LIBRARY Math library .RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .PP .BI "double fabs(double " x ); .BI "float fabsf(float " x ); .BI "long double fabsl(long double " x ); .fi .PP .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE .PP .BR fabsf (), .BR fabsl (): .nf _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE .fi .SH DESCRIPTION These functions return the absolute value of the floating-point number .IR x . .SH RETURN VALUE These functions return the absolute value of .IR x . .PP If .I x is a NaN, a NaN is returned. .PP If .I x is \-0, +0 is returned. .PP If .I x is negative infinity or positive infinity, positive infinity is returned. .SH ERRORS No errors occur. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). .ad l .nh .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ .BR fabs (), .BR fabsf (), .BR fabsl () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE .hy .ad .sp 1 .SH STANDARDS C11, POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY C99, POSIX.1-2001. .PP The variant returning .I double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. .SH SEE ALSO .BR abs (3), .BR cabs (3), .BR ceil (3), .BR floor (3), .BR labs (3), .BR rint (3)