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abs
Category math
Syntax prefix
Compatibility
CIMS SETL yes
SETL-S yes
SETL2 yes
GNU SETL yes

Contents

Purpose

Absolute value of number, character code

Synopsis

 abs x

Description

  • If x is an integer or real number, returns its absolute value.
  • If x is a string, returns the numeric code of the initial character.

Examples

  1. abs 1

    Result: 1 

  2. abs -42

    Result: 1 

  3. abs 'a'

    Result: 65


Notes

  • All implementations currently use ASCII or ISO-8859-1 as the default (and only) character encoding.
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