Python math.fabs() – Absolute Value

Python math.fabs()

math.fabs(x) function returns the absolute value of x.

Syntax

The syntax to call fabs() function is

math.fabs(x)

where

Parameter	Required	Description
x	Yes	A numeric value.

Examples

Absolute value of integer number.

Python Program

import math

x = -8
result = math.fabs(x)
print('fabs(x) :', result)

Run

Output

fabs(x) : 8.0

Absolute value of floating point number.

Python Program

import math

x = -8.586
result = math.fabs(x)
print('fabs(x) :', result)

Run

Output

fabs(x) : 8.586

Absolute value of negative infinity.

Python Program

import math

x = -math.inf
result = math.fabs(x)
print('fabs(x) :', result)

Run

Output

fabs(x) : inf

Summary

In this Python Examples tutorial, we learned the syntax of, and examples for math.fabs() function.