Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• User Guide

• Functions

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Arrays and Matrices

• Linear Algebra

• Elementary Math

• Trigonometric

• Exponential

• Complex

• Rounding and Remainder

• Discrete Math

• Polynomials

• Interpolation and Computational Geometry

• Cartesian Coordinate System Conversion

• Nonlinear Numerical Methods

• Specialized Math

• Sparse Matrices

• Math Constants

• Data Analysis

• Programming and Data Types

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Graphics

• 3-D Visualization

• GUI Development

• External Interfaces

• Examples

• Release Notes

Learn more about MATLAB

abs - Absolute value and complex magnitude

Syntax

abs(X)

Description

abs(X) returns an array Y such that each element of Y is the absolute value of the corresponding element of X.

If X is complex, abs(X) returns the complex modulus (magnitude), which is the same as

sqrt(real(X).^2 + imag(X).^2)

Examples

abs(-5)
ans =
     5

abs(3+4i)
ans =
     5

abs - Absolute value and complex magnitude

Syntax

Description

Examples

See Also

Recommended Products