how do I get a negative number to become positive?

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

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

Negative to positive:

Code:

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

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Positive to negative:

Code:

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Dim Number As Integer
Number = 5

Number = Number - (2 * Number)

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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

thanks, oetje, go here:

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

Thanks for the credits.:)

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

Why so much code? :rolleyes:

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

Code:

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TheNumber = -TheNumber

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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

Code:

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TheNegToPos = Abs(TheNegToPos)

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it gives the absolute value of a number.

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.

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