Difference between fab (x) function and abs (x) function in Python

  

The fabs (x) method in Python returns the absolute value of x. Although similar to the abs () function, there are the following differences between the two functions:

• abs () is a built-in function, and fabs () is defined in the math module.
• The fabs () function is only applicable to float and integer types, and abs () is also applicable to complex numbers.

Examples:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import math

a = - . 1 B = - 1.3232 C = B D = . 1 + 1.0 J E = . 3 + 4.0 J Print "absolute value of a is:" , ABS ( a ) Print "is the absolute value of B:" , ABS ( B ) print “The absolute value of c is:” , math . fabs ( c ) print “The absolute value of d is:” , abs ( d ) “” “print“ The absolute value of e is:








”, math.fabs(e) “””

If the last line of code is uncommented, it will compile and report an error:

TypeError : can 't convert complex to float // fabs cannot convert complex numbers to float

Python3.x test code:

Import Math 
a = - . 1 
b = - 1.3232 
C = b 
D = . 1 + 1.0 J 
E = . 3 + 4.0 J Print "absolute value of a is:" , ABS ( a )) Print ( "the absolute value of b is:" , abs ( b )) print ( "The absolute value of c is:" , math . fabs ( c )) print ( "The absolute value of d is:" , abs (    
 


d )) "" "print (" The absolute value of e is: ", math.fabs (e))" ""