Perl Programming/Keywords/abs

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The abs keyword[edit | edit source]

Function abs returns the absolute value of VALUE, or of $_, if VALUE is omitted.

Syntax[edit | edit source]

  abs VALUE
  abs

Examples[edit | edit source]

The code 
print abs(-21.7*.36);
returns with
7.812


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