integer llAbs(integer ival)

Return the absolute value of the parameter (for integers).

Any integer value (can be negative)

It returns an integer that is the absolute value of ival, that is, the value with any negative sign removed.

More rigorously, the result will be the same as ival if ival is positive or zero, and -ival if it is negative.

• To determine the absolute value of a float, use llFabs.
• As a special case, the absolute value of -2,147,483,648 (-2³¹, the lowest integer LSL supports) is returned by this function as -2,147,483,648 because the positive integer 2,147,483,648 is outside the range of a LSL integer.

integer AbsInt;
AbsInt = llAbs(-3);    // sets AbsInt to 3
AbsInt = llAbs(-45);   // sets AbsInt to 45
AbsInt = llAbs(0);     // sets AbsInt to 0
AbsInt = llAbs(45);    // sets AbsInt to 45
Absint = llAbs(AbsInt - 50); // sets AbsInt to 5 (see explanation below)

The last example assumes that AbsInt was 45 due to the previous line. 45 - 50 equals -5, and llAbs(-5) equals 5.

• llFabs takes the absolute value of a float.
• Other math functions