From e9817a0f6dd9b77c048b0a702e6b897dd95bebf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Schembor <connor.schembor@rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:09:20 -0400
Subject: Add absolute_value function for floats

---
 src/gleam/float.gleam | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/gleam/float.gleam b/src/gleam/float.gleam
index f810161..c85903f 100644
--- a/src/gleam/float.gleam
+++ b/src/gleam/float.gleam
@@ -115,3 +115,16 @@ pub external fn round(Float) -> Int =
 ///
 pub external fn truncate(Float) -> Int =
   "erlang" "trunc"
+
+/// Returns the absolute value of the input as a float.
+///
+/// ## Examples
+///
+///    > absolute_value(-12.5)
+///    12.5
+///
+///    > absolute_value(10.2)
+///    10.2
+///
+pub external fn absolute_value(Float) -> Float =
+  "erlang" "abs"
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