Turning a negative number into a positive

[Richard Atkins]

Hi, how can I turn a number such as -5 into +5

e.g. I have a variable:

myVar = -5

how can I turn that into:

myVar = +5

I'm sure there's an easy way to turn a negative into a positive

Cheers

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[url]www.crazyrichie.net[/url]

[Jack]

aVar = -5;
trace(aVar);
bVar = Math.abs(aVar);
trace(bVar);

hth

"Richard Atkins" <richatkins88@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi, how can I turn a number such as -5 into +5
>
> e.g. I have a variable:
>
> myVar = -5
>
> how can I turn that into:
>
> myVar = +5
>
> I'm sure there's an easy way to turn a negative into a positive
>
> Cheers
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> [url]www.crazyrichie.net[/url]
>
>
>

[Richard Atkins]

cheers jack,

I actually found if I do this it's even simpler:

myVar = -5

myVar = myVar*-1

myVar would then = +5

Rich


"Jack" <jackleaman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> aVar = -5;
> trace(aVar);
> bVar = Math.abs(aVar);
> trace(bVar);
>
> hth
>
> "Richard Atkins" <richatkins88@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c0ak3r$6nh$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > Hi, how can I turn a number such as -5 into +5
> >
> > e.g. I have a variable:
> >
> > myVar = -5
> >
> > how can I turn that into:
> >
> > myVar = +5
> >
> > I'm sure there's an easy way to turn a negative into a positive
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > [url]www.crazyrichie.net[/url]
> >
> >
> >

>
>

[Jack]

"Richard Atkins" <richatkins88@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> cheers jack,
>
> I actually found if I do this it's even simpler:
>
> myVar = -5
>
> myVar = myVar*-1
>
> myVar would then = +5
>
> Rich
>

even simpler :-)
aVar = Math.abs(-5); trace(aVar);

Math.abs is a built-in Math function that computes
and returns an absolute value for the number specified

hth

[Richard Atkins]

nice one, cheers

"Jack" <jackleaman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Atkins" <richatkins88@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c0aujn$nm6$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > cheers jack,
> >
> > I actually found if I do this it's even simpler:
> >
> > myVar = -5
> >
> > myVar = myVar*-1
> >
> > myVar would then = +5
> >
> > Rich
> >

>
> even simpler :-)
> aVar = Math.abs(-5); trace(aVar);
>
> Math.abs is a built-in Math function that computes
> and returns an absolute value for the number specified
>
> hth
>
>