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Contents

  1. Abstract
  2. Signature
  3. Details
  4. Examples
  5. Notes
  6. See Also

Abstract

The returned array is the absolute values of the given array. An alias for absolute(arr) function

Signature

Function

abs(arr)

Returns

return
The returned array is the absolute values of the given array.

Arguments

arr
The given array.

Details

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Examples

   1 >>> from numpy import *
   2 >>> abs(-1)
   3 1
   4 >>> abs(array([-1.2, 1.2]))
   5 array([ 1.2,  1.2])
   6 >>> abs(1.2+1j)
   7 1.5620499351813308

Notes

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See Also

absolute : absolute() is an alias.

SciPy: abs (last edited 2015-10-24 17:48:24 by anonymous)