modeling-app/docs/kcl/functions/std-math-abs.md

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std::math::abs	Compute the absolute value of a number.	manual

Compute the absolute value of a number.

abs(@input: [number](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-number)): [number](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-number)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
input	number		Yes

Returns

number

Examples

myAngle = -120

sketch001 = startSketchOn(XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [0, 0])
  |> line(end = [8, 0])
  |> angledLine(
    angle = abs(myAngle),
    length = 5,
  )
  |> line(end = [-5, 0])
  |> angledLine(
    angle = myAngle,
    length = 5,
  )
  |> close()

baseExtrusion = extrude(sketch001, length = 5)