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# numpy.fabs

numpy.fabs(x, /, out=None, *, where=True, casting='same_kind', order='K', dtype=None, subok=True[, signature]) = <ufunc 'fabs'>

  Compute the absolute values element-wise.

  This function returns the absolute values (positive magnitude) of the data in x. Complex values are not handled, use `absolute` to find the absolute values of complex data.

  Parameters:
    x array_like

      The array of numbers for which the absolute values are required. If x is a scalar, the result y will also be a scalar.

    out ndarray, None, or tuple of ndarray and None, optional

      A location into which the result is stored. If provided, it must have a shape that the inputs broadcast to. If not provided or None, a freshly-allocated array is returned. A tuple (possible only as a keyword argument) must have length equal to the number of outputs.

    where array_like, optional

      This condition is broadcast over the input. At locations where the condition is True, the out array will be set to the ufunc result. Elsewhere, the out array will retain its original value. Note that if an uninitialized out array is created via the default `out=None`, locations within it where the condition is False will remain uninitialized.

    **kwargs

      For other keyword-only arguments, see the ufunc docs.

  Returns:
    y ndarray or scalar

      The absolute values of x, the returned values are always floats. This is a scalar if x is a scalar.

  See also

  `absolute`

    Absolute values including complex types.

  Examples

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> np.fabs(-1)
      1.0
      >>> np.fabs([-1.2, 1.2])
      array([ 1.2,  1.2])