math abs
For math.
Returns the absolute value of a number.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> math abs {flags} ...rest
Parameters
...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| number | number |
| duration | duration |
| filesize | filesize |
| list<number> | list<number> |
| list<duration> | list<duration> |
| list<filesize> | list<filesize> |
| range | list<number> |
| record | record |
Examples
Compute absolute value of each number in a list of numbers.
> [-50 -100.0 25] | math abs
╭───┬────────╮
│ 0 │ 50 │
│ 1 │ 100.00 │
│ 2 │ 25 │
╰───┴────────╯
Compute the absolute value of list-valued columns in a record.
> {alice: [-1 -2 -3], bob: [-4 -5]} | math abs
╭───────┬───────────╮
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ alice │ │ 0 │ 1 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 2 │ │
│ │ │ 2 │ 3 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ bob │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 5 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯Compute the absolute value of a single column using a cell path.
> {alice: [-1 -2 -3], bob: [-4 -5]} | math abs alice
╭───────┬────────────╮
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ alice │ │ 0 │ 1 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 2 │ │
│ │ │ 2 │ 3 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
│ │ ╭───┬────╮ │
│ bob │ │ 0 │ -4 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ -5 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴────╯ │
╰───────┴────────────╯Ported from nushell/nushell.github.io. Copyright (c) 2021 Nushell Project. MIT License.