std::abs(float), std::fabs, std::fabsf, std::fabsl - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Defined in header
Defined in header
(1)
float abs( float num ); double abs( double num ); long double abs( long double num ); (until C++23)
constexpr /* floating-point-type */ abs( /* floating-point-type */ num ); (since C++23)
Defined in header
(2)
float fabs ( float num ); double fabs ( double num ); long double fabs ( long double num ); (until C++23)
constexpr /* floating-point-type */ fabs ( /* floating-point-type */ num ); (since C++23)
float fabsf( float num ); (3) (since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)
long double fabsl( long double num ); (4) (since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)
Additional overloads (since C++11)
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template< class Integer > double fabs ( Integer num ); (A) (since C++11) (constexpr since C++23)

1-4) Computes the absolute value of the floating-point value num. The library provides overloads of std::abs and std::fabs for all cv-unqualified floating-point types as the type of the parameter num.(since C++23)

A) Additional overloads are provided for all integer types, which are treated as double. (since C++11)

For integral arguments, the integral overloads of std::abs are likely better matches. If std::abs is called with an unsigned integral argument that cannot be converted to int by integral promotion, the program is ill-formed.

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[edit] Parameters

num - floating-point or integer value

[edit] Return value

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

[edit] 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),

[edit] Notes

The additional overloads are not required to be provided exactly as (A). They only need to be sufficient to ensure that for their argument num of integer type, std::fabs(num) has the same effect as std::fabs(static_cast<double>(num)).

[edit] Example

#include #include   int main() { std::cout << "abs(+3.0) = " << std::abs(+3.0) << '\n' << "abs(-3.0) = " << std::abs(-3.0) << '\n';   // special values std::cout << "abs(-0.0) = " << std::abs(-0.0) << '\n' << "abs(-Inf) = " << std::abs(-INFINITY) << '\n' << "abs(-NaN) = " << std::abs(-NAN) << '\n'; }

Possible output:

abs(+3.0) = 3 abs(-3.0) = 3 abs(-0.0) = 0 abs(-Inf) = inf abs(-NaN) = nan

[edit] 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 wereinconsistently declared in two headers declared these overloadsin both headers
LWG 2735 C++11 overloads of std::abs for integer typesreturning double was erroneously required removed the requirement

[edit] See also

| abs(int)labsllabs(C++11) | computes absolute value of an integral value (\(\small{|x|}\)|x|) (function) [edit] | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | copysigncopysignfcopysignl(C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | copies the sign of a floating point value (function) [edit] | | signbit(C++11) | checks if the given number is negative (function) [edit] | | abs(std::complex) | returns the magnitude of a complex number (function template) [edit] | | abs(std::valarray) | applies the function abs to each element of valarray (function template) [edit] | | C documentation for fabs | |