1.14.1.1 abs

The ‘abs(x)‘ function returns the absolute value of its argument. The returned value is of the same type as the argument.

For complex arguments, abs(x) is defined as the length of x in the complex plane [i.e., sqrt(real(x)**2 + imag(x)**2) ].

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