ABS statement

[Former Member]

Can anyone explain me the use of ABS statement.

Eg. f = abs(g).

[Former Member]

Hi

ABS statement gives the absolute value of any field

means if it is Negative it gives the positive value

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Anji

[Former Member]

use to convert -ve to +ve or viseversa

Use ABS function or multiple it with minus 1 are same

f1 = ABS ( f1 ).

f1 = f1 * -1.

[PatrickDean]

Feel like I'm being super picky on a 16 year old post...
but it's not technically correct to say "ABS function or multiple(sic) it with minus 1 are same"

If the original operand is negative, this is true.

If the original operand is positive... ABS will return a positive result; * -1 will return a negative result...

So basically, like a cheerful developer... it removes any negativity...

[Former Member]

Hi Camila,

This statement returns the absolute value of the number g, ie f will contain the absolute value of g. Absolute value means the value without taking into consideration the sign.

For example, if g has the value -10, f will get the value 10.

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Renuka

[Former Member]

camila,

ABS()--Means it will convert - sign to + sign

Ex : F1 = -100.

F2 = ABS ( f1 ).

Write : F2.

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[Former Member]

HI,

use to convert -ve to +ve or viseversa

Use ABS function or multiple it with minus 1 are same , which gives same result.

for ex:

data a type i value -10.

a = ABS(a)

write a. o/p is 10

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suresh.

[Clemenss]

Hi all,

ABS like i.e. sign, ceil or trunc are so-called overloaded functions. That means that the type of the result is determined by the type of the argument.

When creating such functional methods using the class builder I learned that the RETURN parameter must be explicily typed. So my question is: Can you create overloaded functions with ABAP class builder?

TIA,

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Clemens