std::abs, std::labs, std::llabs, std::imaxabs

 

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Defined in header <cstdlib>
Defined in header <cmath>
int       abs(int num );	(1)	(constexpr since C++23)
long      abs(long num );	(2)	(constexpr since C++23)
longlong abs(longlong num );	(3)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)
Defined in header <cstdlib>
long       labs(long num );	(4)	(constexpr since C++23)
longlong llabs(longlong num );	(5)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)
Defined in header <cinttypes>
std::intmax_t abs(std::intmax_t num );	(6)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)
std::intmax_t imaxabs(std::intmax_t num );	(7)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)

Computes the absolute value of the integer number num. The behavior is undefined if the result cannot be represented by the return type.

If std::abs is called with an unsigned integral argument that cannot be converted to int by integral promotion, the program is ill-formed.

Overload (6) of std::abs for std::intmax_t is provided in <cinttypes> if and only if std::intmax_t is an extended integer type.

(since C++11)

Parameters

num

-

integer value

Return value

The absolute value of num (i.e. |num|), if it is representable.

Notes

In 2's complement systems, the absolute value of the most-negative value is out of range, e.g. for 32-bit 2's complement type int, INT_MIN is -2147483648, but the would-be result 2147483648 is greater than INT_MAX, which is 2147483647.

Example

Run this code

#include <climits>#include <cstdlib>#include <iostream>   int main(){std::cout<<std::showpos<<"abs(+3) = "<< std::abs(3)<<'\n'<<"abs(-3) = "<< std::abs(-3)<<'\n';   // std::cout << std::abs(INT_MIN); // undefined behavior on 2's complement systems}

Output:

abs(+3) = +3 abs(-3) = +3

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 2192	C++98	overloads of std::abs were inconsistently declared in two headers	declared these overloads in both headers

See also

abs(float)fabsfabsffabsl (C++11)(C++11)	absolute value of a floating point value (\(\small{|x|}\)|x|) (function)
abs(std::complex)	returns the magnitude of a complex number (function template)
abs(std::valarray)	applies the function abs to each element of valarray (function template)
C documentation for abs, labs, llabs