Re: Absolute value??

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From: Greg Hunt
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 12:47

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In article <94562@netnews.upenn.edu>, mmuhamad@pixmap.seas.upenn.edu (Mohd Zaki Muhamad) writes:
>
>    Do any of you out there know any function that can turn all data
> (negative or positive) to be positive...i mean in absolute value
> so that I can compare them and find  which one is the largest?  For your
> info,
> I am addressing this question to C language programmer.  Is the function
> defined in the math.h?   Thanks.

Try the abs(3c) function, it does absolute values.  It's part of the
standard library, I think.  For more info, try:

   man abs | more

Enjoy!

-- 
Greg Hunt                            email: hunt@dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com
DG/UX Core Development
Data General Corporation
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA      These opinions are mine, not DG's.

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