copysign

#include <math.h>float copysignf(float val, float signval);double copysign(double val, double signval);
long double copysignl(long double val, long double
                      signval);

copysign( ), copysignf( ), and copysignl( ) were added by C99.

The copysign( ) family of functions gives val the same sign as the value passed in signval and returns the result. Thus, the value returned has a magnitude equal to val, but with the same sign as that of signval.

A related function is fabs( ).