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thehoodedsmack
October 22nd, 2008, 02:34 PM
So I can't quite figure out HOW I got into University if I can forget this, but what's the term you use when you disregard whether a number's positive or negative? I know it's usually written like this:

|-5| = 5
|5| = 5

But I can't remember the term, so I can't look it up in my CS syntax book. Please help. Thanks in advance.

teh lag
October 22nd, 2008, 02:38 PM
Absolute value.

thehoodedsmack
October 22nd, 2008, 02:38 PM
Gah!!! Yes!!!