math4610

Routine Name: Abserr

Author: David Merkley

Language: Python

Description/Purpose: Finds the absolute error of the inputs

Input: exact and approximate

Output: Absolute error

Implementation/Code:

    def abserr(xexact, xapprox):
        output = abs(xexact - xapprox)
        return output


    def main():
        exact = input("Enter a number:")
        approx = input("Enter a number that is close to the last one:")
        exact = float(exact)
        approx = float(approx)
        print(abserr(exact, approx))


    main()