outdated description for abs() function, starting from 5.4+

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      Older version 5.2 for function abschange has a text:

      For example:
(previous value;latest value=abschange)
1;5=4
3;1=2
0;-2.5=2.5

For strings returns:
0 - values are equal
1 - values differ

      https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/5.2/en/manual/appendix/triggers/functions
       

      Looks like this text (with modifications) has been inherited to abs() function by mistake, for 5.2+ versions
      https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/5.4/en/manual/appendix/functions/math
      This looking wrong:

      Absolute numeric difference will be calculated, as seen with these incoming example values ('previous' and 'latest' value = absolute difference):

      I'm even unsure that String, Text, Log values are supported in any way.

            Assignee:
            Oleksii Zagorskyi
            Reporter:
            Oleksii Zagorskyi
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