Removing negative - sign

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

I used the subtract command . Is there anyway i can get a positive result all the time . I am getting the result 1- .

I want to remove the - sign in front of the digit .

Thank you ,

[Former Member]

Use ABS function.

Thanks,

Vamshi Tallada

[Former Member]

Hi vamshi ,

Does absolute remove the - sign or just does the roundoff ???

Please let me know .

Thanks

[suresh_datti]

or simply mutiply by -1.

Regards,

Suresh Datti

[Former Member]

how do you do that ?? Can you share an example .

I have used

SUBTRACT 2 FROM FLD1 .

Thanks

[suresh_datti]

FLD1 = FLD1 * -1.

Suresh

[Former Member]

ABS function will make any number postivie, it wont round off.If you multiply by -1, sometimes u might get negative number multiplied number is positive.

Thanks,

Vamshi