Calculating absolute value in Python

Question

I want to generate a code that should ask for one decimal number in Python and then computes the absolute value?

Answer 1

There are two ways of calculating the absolute value of a particular number. Either you use an in-built function named abs():

x=float(input('enter a float data: '))

absolute_val = abs(x)

Or you can simply calculate in the manual way(that is with maths):

x=float(input('enter a float data: '))

absolute_val = (x ** 2) ** 0.5

Want to become a Python Developer? Check out this insightful Python Certification course.