Merge pull request #4821 from jtratner/add-__abs__-method

ENH: Allow abs to work with PandasObjects

Author: jtratner

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ def __nonzero__(self):
 
     __bool__ = __nonzero__
 
+    def __abs__(self):
+        return self.abs()
+
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Array Interface
 

pandas/tests/test_frame.py

@@ -3234,9 +3234,11 @@ def test_operators_timedelta64(self):
 
         # abs
         result = diffs.abs()
+        result2 = abs(diffs)
         expected = DataFrame(dict(A = df['A']-df['C'],
                                   B = df['B']-df['A']))
         assert_frame_equal(result,expected)
+        assert_frame_equal(result2, expected)
 
         # mixed frame
         mixed = diffs.copy()

pandas/tests/test_panel.py

@@ -355,18 +355,24 @@ def test_get_value(self):
 
     def test_abs(self):
         result = self.panel.abs()
+        result2 = abs(self.panel)
         expected = np.abs(self.panel)
         self.assert_panel_equal(result, expected)
+        self.assert_panel_equal(result2, expected)
 
         df = self.panel['ItemA']
         result = df.abs()
+        result2 = abs(df)
         expected = np.abs(df)
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+        assert_frame_equal(result2, expected)
 
         s = df['A']
         result = s.abs()
+        result2 = abs(s)
         expected = np.abs(s)
         assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+        assert_series_equal(result2, expected)
 
 
 class CheckIndexing(object):