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

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

Compute the absolute value of a number.

myAngle = -120deg

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)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
input	number	A number.	Yes

Returns

number - A number.

Function signature

abs(@input: number): number

Examples

myAngle = -120deg

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)