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************************************************************************--><helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textsbasicshared03080601xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Abs Function [Runtime]</title>
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<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp</filename>
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</topic>
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<history>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<lastedited date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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</history>
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</meta>
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<body>
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<section id="abs">
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<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" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080601.xhp" name="Abs Function [Runtime]">Abs Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2">Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression.</paragraph>
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</section>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3149233" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147573" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Abs (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3156152" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="6">Double</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3154924" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8"><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 role="paragraph" id="par_id3153381" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="9">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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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3148451" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154124" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="11">Sub ExampleDifference</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150768" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">Dim siW1 As Single</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13">Dim siW2 As Single</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145786" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14">siW1 = Int(InputBox$ ("Please enter the first amount","Value input"))</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">siW2 = Int(InputBox$ ("Please enter the second amount","Value input"))</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145750" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">Print "The difference is "; Abs(siW1 - siW2)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147319" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">End Sub</paragraph>
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</body>
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</helpdocument>
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