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Re: abs function

• Posted by jiri babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ> Sep 02, 1998
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Alan Tu wrote:


>A cleaner abs function.
>
>function absolutevalue(atom i) -- doesn't need to be an integer!
>        atom r
>        r = i
>        if i<0 then
>                r = -1 * i
>        end if
>        return r
>end function



Alan, if you want to be serious about cleaning, get rid of the cobwebs:

function absolutevalue(atom i)
        if i<0 then
                return -i
        end if
        return i
end function

jiri