The “abs” Function in R

• Package: Base R (No specific package, it’s a built-in function)

• Purpose: To compute the absolute values of numeric vectors or values.

• General Class: Mathematical Computation

• Required Argument(s):

• x: A numeric vector or value for which the absolute values are to be computed.

• Notable Optional Arguments:

• None

• Example:

• # Example usage
  values <- c(-3.14, 2.718, -5.55)
  
  # Compute the absolute values
  absolute_values <- abs(values)
  
  print(absolute_values)

• In this example, abs is a built-in function in base R, and it is used to compute the absolute values of numeric vectors or values. The x argument is the required numeric vector or value for which the absolute values are calculated. There are no notable optional arguments for this function. The result is a numeric vector or value where each element represents the absolute value of the corresponding element in the input vector.