fabs and abs

Question

What is the difference between fabs and abs function in cmath header file?
I just know abs is a bit faster.

Answer 1

f in fabs stands for float

The difference is that math.fabs(number) will always return a floating point number even if the argument is integer, whereas abs() will return a floating point or an integer depending upon the argument.

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