ABS function

ABS (Number) ABS (Number)

Number

Number Number

The input number.

Returns

Number Number

The absolute value of the given number.

Returns the absolute value of a number. ABS (4) ABS (4) returns 4 and ABS ( - 4) ABS ( - 4) returns 4.

An absolute value does not have a sign, meaning that this function essentially removes the sign from negative values, while keeping zero and positive values as-is. The absolute value can be thought of as the value's distance from zero.

Examples

ABS (4)

Returns the absolute value of 4, which is 4.

ABS ( - 4)

Returns the absolute value of -4, which is 4.

ABS ({ 4, - 4 })

ABS ({ 4; - 4 })

Returns the absolute values of 4 and -4 as an array: { 4, 4 }{ 4; 4 }, which is equivalent to { ABS (4), ABS ( - 4) }{ ABS (4); ABS ( - 4) }.