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return the absolute value of a long integer

#include <stdlib.h> long labs ( long j )

The labs function returns the absolute value of the long integer \c j, denoted by $|j|$ and defined through:

$|j| := \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} j, & j \geq 0, \\ -j, & j < 0. \end{array} \right.$

(1)

Workings

\code #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { long int a = -231564565; printf("|a| = %ld
", labs(a)); return 0; } \endcode

Solution

Output:

|a| = 231564565

The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

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