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1.1       root        1: .TH ABS 3 "18 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: abs \- integer absolute value
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .nf
                      6: .B abs(i)
                      7: .B int i;
                      8: .fi
                      9: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     10: .I Abs
                     11: returns the absolute value of its integer operand.
                     12: .SH SEE ALSO
                     13: floor(3M) for
                     14: .I fabs
                     15: .SH BUGS
                     16: Applying the \fIabs\fP function to the most negative integer generates a
                     17: result which is the most negative integer.  That is, 
                     18: .IP "abs(0x80000000)"
                     19: .LP
                     20: returns 0x80000000 as a result.

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