Library: Floating point number support (OMFLOAT) Import: omfloat.xmd Library: Binary coded decimal (BCD) numbers (OMBCD) Import: ombcd.xmd

Return type: BCD or float Returns: The absolute value of a specified number.

Declaration

export overloaded external float function
   abs value float x

export overloaded external bcd function
   abs value bcd x

Use abs to get the absolute value of a floating point number or BCD number.

To get the absolute value of a BCD number, you must import the ombcd.xmd file in your program. To get the absolute value of a floating point number, import the omfloat.xmd file.

BCD Example:

The following program will output "$34.98":

  import "ombcd.xmd" unprefixed
  process
      local bcd price
      set price to -34.98
      output "<$,NNZ.ZZ>" % abs price

Related Concepts    BCD data type    Floating point data type

Other Library Functions    ** (power)    abs    ceiling    exp    floor    ln    log10    round    sqrt    truncate

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