sicp-ex-1.4



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The if statement returns either a - or a +, which is then applied to the operands.

  
 (a + |b|) 
 A plus the absolute value of B 
  

given

 (define (a-plus-abs-b a b) 
   ((if (> b 0) + -) a b)) 

 (a-plus-abs-b 1 -3) 
 ((if (> -3 0) + -) 1 -3) 
 ((if #f + -) 1 -3) 
 (- 1 -3) 
 4 
  
 (a-plus-abs-b 1 3) 
 ((if (> 3 0) + -) 1 3) 
 ((if #t + -) 1 3) 
 (+ 1 3) 
 4