Berger, Daniel
7/13/2006 4:22:00 PM
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> Hey all,
>
> I'm just getting started with Ruby and was wondering if there
> is a way
> to translate negative numbers into their positive equals.
> i.e turning
> -7 into 7. Thanks for any help.
Use the .abs method
irb(main):001:0> -7.abs
=> 7
Regards,
Dan
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