M minpkg/lib/min_math.nim → minpkg/lib/min_math.nim

@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ 
   def.symbol("trunc") do (i: In):
     let vals = i.expect("num")
     i.push vals[0].getFloat.trunc.newVal
+    
+  def.symbol("abs") do (i: In):
+    let vals = i.expect("num")
+    let n = vals[0]
+    if n.kind == minFloat:
+      i.push n.floatVal.abs.newVal
+    else:
+      i.push n.intVal.abs.newVal
  
   def.symbol("round") do (i: In):
     let vals = i.expect("int", "num")

M next-release.md → next-release.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ 
 * Added **dsinit!** symbol.
 * Added **sealed?** and **sealed-sigil?** symbols.
 + **floor** and **ceil** now correctly return an integer again.
+* Added **abs** symbol.

M site/contents/reference-math.md → site/contents/reference-math.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ title: "math Module"
 -----
 {@ _defs_.md || 0 @}
 
+{#op||abs||{{n1}}||{{n2}}||
+Calculates tbe absolute value of {{n1}}. #}
+
 {#op||acos||{{n1}}||{{n2}}||
 Calculates the arc cosine of {{n1}} (in radians). #}
 

M tests/math.min → tests/math.min

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ 
   (pi ceil 4 ==) assert
 
   (pi trunc 3 ==) assert
+  
+  (-2.87 abs 2.87 ==) assert
 
   report
   clear-stack