Programmer Guide/Command Reference/EVAL/abs: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:03, 21 April 2011

Compute the absolute value of the argument x.

Usage

abs(x)

Result

The result of this function is always a scalar, which is ...

Instead of this function, also the special bracket syntax |x| can be used.

See also

absv, qdet

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:abs (alias: det)}}
-Compute the absolute value of <var>x</var>.
+Compute the absolute value of the argument <var>x</var>.
+;Usage: <code>abs(<var>x</var>)</code>
-;Usage: '''abs(''x'')'''
 ;Result: The result of this function is always a scalar, which is ...
 ::* the absolute value of the number <var>x</var>
 ::* the length of the vector <var>x</var>
-::* the determinant of the matrix <var>x</var>
+::* the determinant of the square matrix <var>x</var>
+:Instead of this function, also the special ''bracket'' syntax '''|''x''|''' can be used.
-;Synonyms: The function '''det(''x'')''' and the special ''bracket'' form '''|''x''|''' can be used as synonyms for this functions.
+;See also: [[../absv|absv]], [[../qdet|qdet]]
-;See also: [[Programmer_Guide/Command_Reference/EVAL/absv|absv]], [[Programmer_Guide/Command_Reference/EVAL/qdet|qdet]]
+[[../#Functions|<function list>]]