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// Here is a simple example.
<source lang="lsl2">
default
default
{
{
     state_entry()
     state_entry()
     {
     {
         llSay(0,"The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
//      returns: "The absolute value of -4 is: 4"
         llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
     }
     }
}
}
</pre>
</source>
<source lang="lsl2">
// Here's a more elaborate example.


<pre>
ShowAbsolute(integer inputInteger)
// Here's a more elaborate example.
ShowAbsolute(integer X)
{
{
string Message = "llAbs("
    string output = "llAbs(" + (string)inputInteger + ") --> " + (string)llAbs(inputInteger);
+ (string)X
 
+ ") --> "
    llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, output);
+ (string)llAbs(X);
llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, Message);
}
}
default
default
{
{
state_entry()
    state_entry()
{
    {
ShowAbsolute(-3);
        ShowAbsolute(-3);   //  llAbs(-3)  --> 3
ShowAbsolute(5);
        ShowAbsolute(5);   //  llAbs(5)  --> 5
ShowAbsolute(-20);
        ShowAbsolute(-20); //  llAbs(-20) --> 20
ShowAbsolute(0);
        ShowAbsolute(0);   //  llAbs(0)  --> 0
}
    }
}
}
</pre>
</source>
 
<pre>
// Here's the output produced by the more elaborate example:
Test Object: llAbs(-3) --> 3
Test Object: llAbs(5) --> 5
Test Object: llAbs(-20) --> 20
Test Object: llAbs(0) --> 0
</pre>
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Revision as of 23:05, 21 January 2015

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

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
//      returns: "The absolute value of -4 is: 4"
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
    }
}
// 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
    }
}

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?