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Abs (Function)

In french: Abs

Returns the absolute value:

of a numeric value,
of a numeric expression (integer or real).
New in version 28
of a duration.
Not available.

Example

// Retrieve the absolute value
ResAbsoluteValue = Abs(-16.23) // Returns 16.23
ResAbsoluteValue = Abs(4.51 + 16.23) // Returns 20.74

New in version 28

// Retrieve the absolute value
ResAbsoluteValue is Duration = Abs(5 min) // Returns 0000500000
ResAbsoluteValue = Abs(-15 min) // Returns 0001500000

Syntax

<Result> = Abs(<Handled value>)

<Result>: Integer, real or duration

Sought absolute value.

<Handled value>: Numeric expression, integer, real or duration

Value to handle:
Numeric expression,
Numeric value,
New in version 28
Duration:
Duration variable containing the duration in "+DHHMMSSCCC" format (D corresponds to the number of days, HH to hours, MM to minutes, SS to seconds and CCC to milliseconds).
Duration in a readable format (e.g., 1 d 2 h 3 min 10 s 10 ms).
Not available.

Remarks

Decimal separator

The decimal separator for the real numbers is the one defined in the control panel of Windows.

Precision of the reals

If the parameter passed to the function is a real, the result is always an 8-byte real.

If the parameter passed to the function is a 4-byte real, the result will be considered as being an 8-byte real, which may result in additional decimal places when displaying the number. For example:

rValue is 4-byte real = -1.70
Trace(Abs(rValue)) // Displays 1.700000047684

To avoid this type of problem, we advise you to use reals (without specifying the size) or currencies.

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