Re: Currency Numbers

• Subject: Re: Currency Numbers
• From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
• Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:45:26 -0700
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On 6/21/06 8:38 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:

> here's an alternative to
> 
>     (y ^ 2) ^ 0.5
> 
> to get the absolute value of a number. Just for the hell of it. ;-)
> 
> 
>     (-((y < 0) as integer) * y) + (((y > 0) as integer) * y)


Here's a neater way to write that:

    y * (((y > 0) as integer) - ((y < 0) as integer))



-- 
Paul Berkowitz


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