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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Torsten Werner
  • Date: 2005-01-09 22:58:21 UTC
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  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20050109225821-473xr8vhgugxxx5j
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changed configure.in to build scilab's own malloc.o, closes: #255869

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.TH abs G "April 1993" "Scilab Group" "Scilab Function"
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.so ../sci.an
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.SH NAME
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abs -  absolute value, magnitude
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.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
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.nf
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t=abs(x)
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.fi
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.SH PARAMETERS
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.TP
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: real or complex vector or matrix
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.TP
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t
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: real vector or matrix
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fVabs(x)\fR is the absolute value of the elements of \fVx\fR. When
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\fVx\fR is complex, \fVabs(x)\fR is the complex modulus (magnitude) of the elements of \fVx\fR. 
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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abs([1,%i,-1,-%i,1+%i])
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.fi
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