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author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-11-28 11:23:33 -0500 |
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committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-11-28 11:23:33 -0500 |
commit | 5e587be27a7c3bd854b686952a5c9637a2432ff0 (patch) | |
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reorganized all the arduino/ docs into a lang/ subdirectory since
they're properly CC attributed now.
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diff --git a/docs/source/lang/abs.rst b/docs/source/lang/abs.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed95e6f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/abs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.. _lang-abs: + +abs(x) +====== + +Description +----------- + +(Macro) computes the absolute value of a number. + +Parameters +---------- + +**x**: the number. + +Returns +------- + +**x**: if **x** is greater than or equal to 0. + +**-x**: if **x** is less than 0. + +Warning +------- + +Because of the way ``abs()`` is implemented, avoid using other +functions or causing side effects inside the parentheses, as it may +lead to incorrect results:: + + abs(a++); // avoid this - yields incorrect results + + abs(a); // use this instead - + a++; // keep other operations outside abs() + + +Arduino Compatibility +--------------------- + +Maple's implementation of ``abs()`` is compatible with Arduino. + + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt |