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>.

      Proc Main()

      Local nNumber:=50
      Local nNumber1:=27
      cls

      qout(nNumber-nNumber1)
      qout(nNumber1-nNumber)
      qout(ABS(nNumber-nNumber1))
      qout(ABSnNumber1-nNumber))
      qout(ABS( -1 * 345))

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA-Clipper compliant.

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• EXP()