hohum
(x*x)^(1/2)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sissel [mailto:James.Sissel@labone.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:14 PM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: FW: not linux, but an intriguing problem
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> Using what language?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Luettgen [mailto:matt@tccassociates.net] 
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:55 PM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: not linux, but an intriguing problem
> 
> 
> How would you find the absolute value of a number, with these 
> operators
> (,),+,-,*,/, and ^
> 
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