ABS
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| BASIC keyword | |
| Keyword: | ABS |
| Abbreviation: | A Shift+B |
| Type: | Function |
| Token code: | 182/$B6 |
| Handling routine in BASIC ROM: | 48216–48218 $BC58–BC5A |
| List of all BASIC keywords | |
Remark: This article describes the BASIC-Command ABS in BASIC V2 at the Commodore 64.
Typ: Numeric Function General Programming-Syntax: ABS(<Term>)
ABS views the absolute value (value without prefix) of number or a term.
When the term isn't a number, the BASIC error ?TYPE MISMATCH ERROR IN line occurrs. It can be only used number with values from -1e+38 until 1e+38. Then this area is out of range the BASIC error?OVERFLOW ERROR IN line is viewing. When the numeric argument is absent, it appears a ?SYNTAX ERROR IN line.
[edit] Examples
PRINT ABS(-10) (Screen: 10) PRINT ABS(-10-11+5) (Screen: 16)
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