abs()

The mathLib.abs() system function returns the absolute value of a number.

Syntax

  mathLib.abs(numericVariable SMALLINT | INT | 
               BIGINT | DECIMAL | SMALLFLOAT | FLOAT in)
  returns (result SMALLINT | INT | BIGINT | 
               DECIMAL | SMALLFLOAT | FLOAT)
numericVariable
Input can be any numeric variable or expression with one of the types shown above. .
result
The absolute value of numericVariable is returned as the same type as numericVariable.

Example

runningBalance, result SMALLFLOAT;

  runningBalance = -5.00;
  result = mathLib.abs(runningBalance);  // result = 5.0

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