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Can you do absolute value in lua?
If you do print(|-3|) would it print 3? I tried this once and it didn't work, but I still think there is a way to find absolute value. I want it to be simple and not like:
local number = {-4, 4, 5, -98}
for _, num in pairs(number) do
if num > 0 then
num = num*-1
print(num)
else
print(num)
end
I also want to know if you can do factorial in lua: print(3!) should print 6, unless I've done it wrong(that would be embarrassing.) This is how you could do it but it's too long.
local number = {3, 5, 7}
for _,num in pairs(number) do
if num == 0 then
print(1)
elseif num < 0 then
repeat
bleh = -1
num = num*num+bleh
bleh = bleh-1
until num-bleh = 1
print(num)
elseif num > 0 then
repeat
bleh = 1
num = num*num-bleh
bleh = bleh+1
until num+bleh = -1
print(num)
end
end
end
Thanks in advance! BTW: I know these scripts don't work, I made them in under a min. Expect bugs and me spelling things wrong.
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Wow, this is a legit question, if you don't know math, that's no excuse for thumbing down. EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 9y
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The abs function of the math library does absolute values. As for factorials, you have to program that yourself:
function factorial(num)
num = math.abs(num) --Factorial only works for positive numbers.
num = math.floor(num + .5) --Factorial only works for integers.
local result = num
while num > 0 do
num = num - 1
result = result*num
end
return result
end
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Thank you! EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 9y
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Oh It's like a joke, abs sounds like absolute and in the parameters is a number VALUE. Absolute Value. EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 9y
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I have no idea what you mean by that. `abs` is simply shorthand for `absolute` adark 5487 — 9y
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nvm, I just see everything as puns. Like in the () there is a number VALUE so it's absolute VALUE. EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 9y