Abs function (LotusScript Language)

Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression.

Syntax

Abs ( numExpr )

numExpr

Any numeric expression.

Abs returns the absolute value of numExpr.

The data type of the return value is the same as the data type of numExpr, unless numExpr is a Variant. In that case, the following rules apply:

If numExpr contains a string that LotusScript® can convert to a number, the data type is Double.
If numExpr contains a value that LotusScript cannot convert to a number, the function raises a type-mismatch error.
If numExpr contains a NULL, the return value is NULL.

The absolute value of a number is its unsigned magnitude; for example, 3 and -3 both have an absolute value of 3.

@Abs function in formula language