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Return the absolute value of the specified `x`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdldfp_decimalutil.h>`

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static
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fabs(xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] value);
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== Description

Special value handling: * if `x` is NaN (either signaling or quiet), quiet NaN is returned. * if `x` is +/‐infinity or +/‐0, it is returned unmodified.


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