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ScottLawrence YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 15 NY, USA	double abs( double ) ? Nov 19th, 2006, 2:29am   Just curious about this one;  the language provides abs() for int and float, but not double.   Any particular reason? -s

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: double abs( double ) ? Reply #1 - Nov 19th, 2006, 6:16pm   there are (virtually) no functions in the api that use doubles. doubles are slower (less so the case now than when the project began) to process and overkill for nearly all of the work done in processing. if you want abs(double), use Math.abs() from Java.

ScottLawrence YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 15 NY, USA	Re: double abs( double ) ? Reply #2 - Nov 19th, 2006, 6:42pm   gotcha.  understood.   Thanks!