ABS (Function)


Obtains the absolute value of an expression value.


ABS (<Expression>)


This statement obtains the absolute value of the value designated in <Expression>.
If <Expression> includes a double precision real numeral, the value obtained becomes double precision. Otherwise, a single precision value is obtained.
The absolute value is a numeric value of which the sign is removed. For example, both ABS (-1) and ABS (1) return 1.


DEFSNG lf1, lf2, lf3, lf4
lf1 = ABS(-2)
'Assigns the absolute value of -2 to If1.
lf2 = ABS(lf3/lf4)
'Assigns the absolute value of (lf3/lf4) to lf2.


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