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Revision as of 22:41, 31 March 2014

Summary

Function: integer llAbs( integer val );

Returns an integer that is the positive version of val.

• integer val Any integer value
This function is similar to functions (e.g. abs) found in many other languages: 
C++
abs

Caveats

  • The llAbs of -2147483648 is -2147483648. This is because the positive integer 2147483648 is outside the range of allowed LSL integer values.
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Examples

<lsl> default {

   state_entry()
   {

// returns: "The absolute value of -4 is: 4"

       llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
   }

} </lsl> <lsl> // Here's a more elaborate example.

ShowAbsolute(integer inputInteger) {

   string output = "llAbs(" + (string)inputInteger + ") --> " + (string)llAbs(inputInteger);
   llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, output);

}

default {

   state_entry()
   {
       ShowAbsolute(-3);   //  llAbs(-3)  --> 3
       ShowAbsolute(5);    //  llAbs(5)   --> 5
       ShowAbsolute(-20);  //  llAbs(-20) --> 20
       ShowAbsolute(0);    //  llAbs(0)   --> 0
   }

}

</lsl>

See Also

Functions

•  llFabs float version of llAbs

Articles

•  "Wikipedia logo"Absolute value

Deep Notes

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Signature

function integer llAbs( integer val );

Haiku

Whether good or bad,

we are not here to judge you.

Just to ask... How much?