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Abs
llAbs
Description
Function: integer llAbs( integer val );
Returns an integer that is the positive version of val.
| • integer
| val
| –
| Any integer value
|
|
Caveats
- The llAbs of -2147483648 is -2147483648, this is because 2147483648 is not a valid integer value.
Examples
// Here is a simple example.
default
{
state_entry()
{
llSay(0,"The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
}
}
// Here's a more elaborate example.
ShowAbsolute(integer X)
{
string Message = "llAbs("
+ (string)X
+ ") --> "
+ (string)llAbs(X);
llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, Message);
}
default
{
state_entry()
{
ShowAbsolute(-3);
ShowAbsolute(5);
ShowAbsolute(-20);
ShowAbsolute(0);
}
}
// 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