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Re: abs function

• Posted by Greg Harris <blackdog at CDC.NET> Sep 01, 1998
• 671 views

Oops Jiri.. you beat me to it.. :)

Greg Harris
HHS

-----Original Message-----
From: jiri babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ>
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: abs function


>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
>