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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 2026 Aymeric Wibo <obiwac@freebsd.org>
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
@@ -29,49 +30,74 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd April 3, 2022
+.Dd February 19, 2026
.Dt ABS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm abs
-.Nd integer absolute value function
-.Sh LIBRARY
-.Lb libc
+.Nm abs ,
+.Nm labs ,
+.Nm llabs ,
+.Nm imaxabs
+.Nd return absolute value for integer types
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Lb libc
.In stdlib.h
.Ft int
-.Fn abs "int j"
+.Fn abs "int i"
+.Ft long
+.Fn labs "long i"
+.Ft long long
+.Fn llabs "long long i"
+.In inttypes.h
+.Ft intmax_t
+.Fn imaxabs "intmax_t i"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Fn abs
-function
-computes
-the absolute value of the integer
-.Fa j .
+.Fn abs ,
+.Fn labs ,
+.Fn llabs ,
+and
+.Fn imaxabs
+functions compute the absolute value of
+.Fa i .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
-.Fn abs
-function
-returns
-the absolute value.
+.Fn abs ,
+.Fn labs ,
+.Fn llabs ,
+and
+.Fn imaxabs
+functions return the absolute value.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cabs 3 ,
.Xr fabs 3 ,
.Xr floor 3 ,
-.Xr hypot 3 ,
-.Xr imaxabs 3 ,
-.Xr labs 3 ,
-.Xr llabs 3 ,
-.Xr math 3
+.Xr hypot 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Fn abs
-function conforms to
-.St -isoC-99 .
+.Fn abs ,
+.Fn labs ,
+.Fn llabs ,
+and
+.Fn imaxabs
+functions conform to
+.St -isoC-2023
+and
+.St -p1003.1-2024 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn abs
function first appeared in
.At v6 .
+The
+.Fn labs
+function first appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .
+The
+.Fn llabs
+and
+.Fn imaxabs
+functions first appeared in
+.Fx 5.0 .
.Sh BUGS
The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.