fabs, fabsf, fabsl, fabsd32, fabsd64, fabsd128

Parameters

Return value

If successful, returns the absolute value of arg ( \(\small |arg| \) |arg| ). The value returned is exact and does not depend on any rounding modes.

Error handling

This function is not subject to any of the error conditions specified in math_errhandling .

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

• If the argument is ±0, +0 is returned
• If the argument is ±∞, +∞ is returned
• If the argument is NaN, NaN is returned

Example

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
#define PI 3.14159
 
// This numerical integration assumes all area is positive.
double integrate(double f(double),
                 double a, double b, // assume a < b
                 unsigned steps) // assume steps > 0
{
    const double dx = (b - a) / steps;
    double sum = 0.0;
    for (double x = a; x < b; x += dx)
        sum += fabs(f(x));
    return dx * sum;
}
 
int main(void)
{
    printf("fabs(+3) = %f\n", fabs(+3.0));
    printf("fabs(-3) = %f\n", fabs(-3.0));
    // special values
    printf("fabs(-0) = %f\n", fabs(-0.0));
    printf("fabs(-Inf) = %f\n", fabs(-INFINITY));
 
    printf("Area under sin(x) in [-PI, PI] = %f\n", integrate(sin, -PI, PI, 5101));
}

fabs(+3) = 3.000000
fabs(-3) = 3.000000
fabs(-0) = 0.000000
fabs(-Inf) = inf
Area under sin(x) in [-PI, PI] = 4.000000

References

See also