how do I get a negative number to become positive?

[dimava]

is there some code that I can write so that like if I have -3 it auto maticly turns in into 3?

[dimava]

oh yea, I dont want to remove one character and also, if its a positive, I want to turn it into a negative

[oetje]

Negative to positive:

Dim Number As Integer
Number = -5
Number = Abs(Number)

Positive to negative:

Dim Number As Integer
Number = 5

Number = Number - (2 * Number)

[CyberSurfer]

try this:

dim i as integer

If i > 0 then
i = i - (i*2)
else

If i < 0 then
i = i + (i*2)
else

end if
end if

[dimava]

thanks, oetje, go here:

http://forums.vb-world.net/showthrea...threadid=28084

[oetje]

Thanks for the credits.

newnumber = abs(number) * sgn(number) * -1

[Yonatan]

Why so much code?

Change a number from positive to negative and from negative to positive in one simple instruction:

TheNumber = -TheNumber

[dimava]

becuase I have an integer

and I'm not sure if this will work:

intb = -intb

but I got what I needed, I needed it for the link above

That was cool Yonatan.

or you can use Abs

TheNegToPos = Abs(TheNegToPos)

it gives the absolute value of a number.

[dimava]

I think thats what I used, read above (oetje's post)

abs would give only change a negative number to a positive number and not the vice versa.
Yonatan's code would be the best if the sign is to be changed for both positive and negative numbers.Otherwise abs is just fine.

[dimava]

do you guys read the first posts? for the backward thing, oetje used another medthod.