Homework, Material, and Software Manual for Math 4610
Routine Name: errorAbs(x, y)
Author: Tanner Wheeer
Language: Python. This code can be run on a python 3 compiler. The file can be imported and then the method will run.
Description/Purpose: This routine will compute the absolute error between the computed answer and the exact answer.
Input: There are two inputs needed. x the exact solution and y the computed solution.
Output: This routine returns a decimal number representing the absolute error of the solution.
Usage/Example:
To run this method. You will need to call the method inserting the two parameters. If x = 1 and y = 1.75 you would call it as:
errorAbs(1, 1.75)
This would return or output (depending on how you use it):
0.75
Implementation/Code: The following is the code for errorAbs(x,y)
def errorAbs(x, y):
return abs(x - y)
Last Modified: September/2018