abs(x) (no rate restriction)
where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. Value converters perform arithmetic translation from units of one kind to units of another. The result can then be a term in a further expression.
Here is an example of the abs opcode. It uses the files abs.orc and abs.sco.
Example 15-1. Example of the abs opcode.
/* abs.orc */
; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
; Instrument #1.
instr 1
i1 = -6
i2 = abs(i1)
print i2
endin
/* abs.orc */
/* abs.sco */
; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
i 1 0 1
e
/* abs.sco */
instr 1: i2 = 6.000