fn:abs

Returns the absolute value of a given number. Returns the same type as the supplied argument.

abs($arg as xs:numeric?) ➔ xs:numeric?

Arguments
	$arg	xs:numeric?	The input value
Result		xs:numeric?

Namespace

http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Saxon also (for compatibility) implements the function math:abs() in namespace http://exslt.org/math.