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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Abs Function</title>
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<section id="abs">
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<bookmark_value>Abs function</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3159201"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp">Abs Function</link></h1>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153394" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression.</paragraph>
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</section>
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<h2 id="hd_id3149233">Syntax:</h2>
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<bascode>
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<paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Abs (Number)</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3156152">Return value:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149670" localize="false" role="paragraph">Double</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3154924">Parameters:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154347" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to return the absolute value for. Positive numbers, including 0, are returned unchanged, whereas negative numbers are converted to positive numbers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153381" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following example uses the Abs function to calculate the difference between two values. It does not matter which value you enter first.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3148451">Example:</h2>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341574768" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleDifference</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341573536" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim siW1 As Single</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341572304" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim siW2 As Single</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> siW1 = Int(InputBox("Please enter the first amount","Value Input"))</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149561" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> siW2 = Int(InputBox("Please enter the second amount","Value Input"))</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3145750" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "The difference is "; Abs(siW1 - siW2)</paragraph>
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