llAbs

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Summary

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.
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Examples

<lsl>// Here is a simple example. default {

   state_entry()
   {
       llSay(0,"The absolute value of -4 is: "+(string)llAbs(-4) );
   }

}</lsl>

<lsl>// 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);
   }

}</lsl>

// 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

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 );