kpmusic

What might be the best way to take a given list (say 100 float values with some negative numbers and some positive) and perform an absolute value operation of all the numbers (and prepend the result into another list.) Basically, I need to format a list that has negative values into a new list with the same values, except the negative floats are now positive. 

I guess i could unpack all floats, repack them once i've used |abs 0.| but that seems a little intense for lists that could be very long.

Hi all,
What might be the best way to take a given list (say 100 float values with some negative numbers and some positive) and perform an absolute value operation of all the numbers (and prepend the result into another list.) Basically, I need to format a list that has negative values into a new list with the same values, except the negative floats are now positive. 
I guess i could unpack all floats, repack them once i've used         |abs 0.| but that seems a little intense for lists that could be very long.

absolute-value-of-list-values

On 14 nov. 07, at 19:44, kevin pooler wrote:

> What might be the best way to take a given list (say 100 float 

> values with some negative numbers and some positive) and perform an 

> absolute value operation of all the numbers (and prepend the result 

> into another list.) Basically, I need to format a list that has 

> negative values into a new list with the same values, except the 

> I guess i could unpack all floats, repack them once i've 

> used |abs 0.| but that seems a little intense for lists 

> Hi all,
> What might be the best way to take a given list (say 100 float  
> values with some negative numbers and some positive) and perform an  
> absolute value operation of all the numbers (and prepend the result  
> into another list.) Basically, I need to format a list that has  
> negative values into a new list with the same values, except the  
> negative floats are now positive.
> I guess i could unpack all floats, repack them once i've  
> used         |abs 0.| but that seems a little intense for lists  
> that could be very long.

On 14-nov-2007, at 19:44, kevin pooler wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> What might be the best way to take a given list (say 100 float  
> values with some negative numbers and some positive) and perform an  
> absolute value operation of all the numbers (and prepend the result  
> into another list.) Basically, I need to format a list that has  
> negative values into a new list with the same values, except the  
> negative floats are now positive.
> I guess i could unpack all floats, repack them once i've  
> used         |abs 0.| but that seems a little intense for lists  
> that could be very long.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> -kp

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Absolute Value Of List Values