From 376a67cafbd6583ef34a788fc0d4a809d16d6ed3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PatOnTheBack <51241310+PatOnTheBack@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 09:35:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create abs.js

This script calculates absolute value.
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 maths/abs.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 maths/abs.js

diff --git a/maths/abs.js b/maths/abs.js
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+/*
+    author: PatOnTheBack
+    license: GPL-3.0 or later
+
+    Modified from:
+        https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/abs.py
+
+    This script will find the absolute value of a number.
+
+    More about absolute values:
+        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value
+*/
+
+function abs_val(num) {
+    // Find absolute value of `num`.
+    "use strict";
+    if (num < 0) {
+        return -num
+    }
+    // Executes if condition is not met.
+    return num
+}
+
+// Run `abs` function to find absolute value of two numbers.
+console.log("The absolute value of -34 is " + abs_val(-34));
+console.log("The absolute value of 34 is " + abs_val(34));