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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp new file mode 100644 index 000000000..777db56b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache + * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file + * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . +--> + +<meta> + <topic id="textsbasicshared03080601xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Abs Function</title> + <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> + +<body> + + +<section id="abs"> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159201"> + <bookmark_value>Abs function</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> + + +<paragraph id="hd_id3159201" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp" name="Abs Function">Abs Function</link></paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_id3153394" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression.</paragraph> +</section> + +<paragraph id="hd_id3149233" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph> +<bascode> +<paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Abs (Number)</paragraph> +</bascode> + +<paragraph id="hd_id3156152" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_id3149670" localize="false" role="paragraph">Double</paragraph> + +<paragraph id="hd_id3154924" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph> +<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> +<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> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> + +<paragraph id="hd_id3148451" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph> +<bascode> +<paragraph id="par_idm1341574768" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleDifference</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_idm1341573536" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim siW1 As Single</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_idm1341572304" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim siW2 As Single</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> siW1 = Int(InputBox("Please enter the first amount","Value Input"))</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_id3149561" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> siW2 = Int(InputBox("Please enter the second amount","Value Input"))</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_id3145750" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "The difference is "; Abs(siW1 - siW2)</paragraph> +<paragraph id="par_idm1341565744" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph> +</bascode> +</body> + +</helpdocument>
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