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ee.Array.abs
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On an element-wise basis, computes the absolute value of the input.
| Usage | Returns | Array.abs() | Array |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: input | Array | The input array. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.Array([-1]).abs()); // [1]
print(ee.Array([-2, 0, 2]).abs()); // [2,0,2]
print(ee.Array([[-3.1, -2], [-1, 0]]).abs()); // [[3.1,2],[1,0]]
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
display(ee.Array([-1]).abs()) # [1]
display(ee.Array([-2, 0, 2]).abs()) # [2, 0, 2]
display(ee.Array([[-3.1, -2], [-1, 0]]).abs()) # [[3.1, 2], [1, 0]]
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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