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Abs()

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ABS()

Return the absolute value of a number.

Syntax

      ABS(<nNumber>) --> <nAbsNumber>

Arguments

<nNumber> Any number.

Returns

<nAbsNumber> The absolute numeric value.

Description

This function yields the absolute value of the numeric value or expression <nNumber>.

Examples

      PROCEDURE Main()
         LOCAL nNumber := 50
         LOCAL nNumber1 := 27
         CLS

         ? nNumber - nNumber1
         ? nNumber1 - nNumber
         ? ABS( nNumber - nNumber1 )
         ? ABS( nNumber1 - nNumber )
         ? ABS( -1 * 345 )

Compliance

Clipper

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

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