I hope I'm not doing your homework for you...

($num^2)^0.5

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Matt Luettgen
> 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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>