Why abs(-5) gives an array and not a single value?

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Wen Shu Wong 2020-10-29

关闭： MATLAB Answer Bot 2021-8-20

I tried to use abs(-5) but it gives me an array of 107.1957 109.9616 103.5453 109.7126 103.4645 and not 5?

Stephen23 2020-10-29

abs(-5)
ans = 5

Please show us the complete output of this command:

which abs -all

Ameer Hamza 2020-10-29

编辑：Ameer Hamza 2020-10-29

Most probably, you have a function handle or function in your MATLAB path with the name abs(). Try following.

First, run

clear abs

and then run your code, if error persist, then run

which abs

If it gives a path to a user-defined file, change its name.

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