Absolute value of each entry in a vector?

[dsochor]

In MathCAD 14 I am attempting to find the maximum absolute value in a vector that contains positive and negative numbers. With only positve numbers in the vector this works to determine the maximum value:

max(vector)=

With positive and negative values I have tried putting the vector in absolute value bars within the max function like this:

max([vector])=

but the answer is strange and is larger than the aboslute value of any of the entrys in the vector (maybe it's finding the determinant?).

How can a command be written to find the maximum of all the absolute values in a vector?

[AlanStevens · Accepted solution]

Just vectorise the absolute value calculation. e.g.

Use the f(M) with the arrow over it to vectorise. You can then put the vectorised absolute values into the max() function.

Alan

[MikeArmstrong]

Werner gives a good explanation on implicit and explicit vectorisation in the following thread which may help.

http://communities.ptc.com/message/245740#245740

[dsochor]

This solution works in Mathcad 14 but not prime. Is there a simple way to create a vector of the absolute values of another vector?

[ValeryOchkov]

Daniel Sochor написал(а):

This solution works in Mathcad 14 but not prime. Is there a simple way to create a vector of the absolute values of another vector?

[dsochor]

Thank you Valery, that was very simple