Absolute

Block Group: Number Formatting
Icon:Absolute block icon

The Absolute block returns the absolute value of a number.

For information on using dataflow blocks, see Dataflow.

For accepted and excluded arguments of Number Formatting blocks, see Number Formatting.


Input/Output Property

The following property of the Absolute block can take input and give output.

  • input (number)

input specifies the number for which to calculate absolute value.


Output Property

The following property of the Absolute block can give output but cannot take input.

  • output (number)

output returns the absolute value of input.


Remarks

  • Numbers, logical values, and numbers represented as strings are accepted.
  • Error values, and text that cannot be resolved to numbers, cause a “NaN” error result to be returned.

Examples

The following image shows two examples of the Absolute block.

Absolute dataflow model