abs.cpp

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Niek Linnenbank
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */
 
#include "limits.h"
#include "math.h"
 
int abs(int number)
{
    int const mask = number >> (sizeof(int) * CHAR_BIT - 1);
    return (number + mask) ^ mask;
}