Abs; Ny-Series Instructions Reference Manual (W560 - Omron NY532-5400 Reference Manual

2 Instruction Descriptions

ABS

The ABS instruction finds the absolute value of an integer or real number.
Instruction
ABS Absolute Value
Variables
Name Meaning
In Number to
process
Out Absolute
value
*1 If you omit an input parameter, the default value is not applied. A building error will occur.
*2 Negative numbers are excluded.
Bit strings
In
Out
Function
The ABS instruction outputs the absolute value of the number to process In. The data types of In and
absolute value Out can have different data types.
The following example is for when In is REAL#−10.3. The value of variable abc will be REAL#10.3.
LD
REAL#-10.3
The ABS instruction outputs the absolute value of In.
The absolute value of REAL#−10.3 is found, so the value of abc will be REAL#10.3.
In REAL#-10.3
2-194
Name FB/FUN
FUN
I/O Description
Input Number to process
Output Absolute value
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
ABS
EN ENO
abc
In
|−10.3| is taken.
Out=abc REAL#10.3
Graphic expression
(@)ABS
EN ENO
In Out
Valid range
Depends on data type.
Depends on data type.
*2
Integers
ST
abc:=ABS(REAL#-10.3);

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ST expression
Out:=ABS(In);
Unit Default
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