# absolute

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Canonical ID: `math.abs`. Nederlands: `absoluut`.

Returns the distance of a finite Number from zero.

## Signature

```text
absolute(number)
```

## Return value and behavior

A nonnegative Number; negative zero becomes positive zero.



## Example

```pliro
# language: en
say absolute(-3)
```