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Re: ABS(sequence)?

• Posted by Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM> Feb 10, 1999
• 442 views

Hmm... you could square the number/sequence, then take the square root =
of the=20
result. I doubt that would help in the speed department, though. 

AFAIK, the only (lower-math) operation that returns one value regardless =
of sign is squaring. Otherwise you're probably stuck with a loop or IF =
statement.


Rod Jackson


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From:   Tor Bernhard Gausen[SMTP:tor.gausen at C2I.NET]
Sent:   Tuesday, February 09, 1999 9:24 PM
Subject:        ABS(sequence)?

I ran into this silly little problem, but I'm not able
to figure it out... At least not tonight.

How do I get the absolute value of a variable?

I can not use the IF statement, since I need to
operate on sequences (and setting up a loop is
not very tempting, since I feel the need for speed).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Tor Bernhard Gausen