best way to convert a negative number to positive?

[Tea_J]

umm.. hehe.. simply need the easiest way to turn negative numbers into positive..

i remeber my algebra teacher telling me that if you multiply postive one (+1) with any negative number, the number will become positive..

however this doesnt seem to be the case with flash..

real life:
10 * 1 = 10
-10 * 1 = 10


in flash
10 *1 = 10
-10 * 1 = -10

[DallasNYC]

Shoot your teacher or eat more ginsing...

Multiply two negatives and you will get a positive.

-10 * -1 = 10

[Tea_J]

Shoot your teacher or eat more ginsing...

Multiply two negatives and you will get a positive.

-10 * -1 = 10

lol. i think i neeed to eat more ginseng.. my bad.. ..guess it's not good to do math around 3 am in the morning and you're sleepy as heck. lol

but anyway, i just went ahead and did a condition :

if(curDifference >100){
blur.blurX = 100;
}else{
blur.blurX = curDifference;
}

for code optimizational reasons I was hoping to have a SINGLE LINE of mathematical code to keep my value POSITIVE.. but i guess a simple condition doesnt make much of a difference.

thanks....for the ginseng suggestion too .lol

[DallasNYC]

Not a problem, I had to call up my sister once, she's a math teacher, to remember what they called one of these --> )

A parenthesis! And I can't stand the taste of ginseng

[Tea_J]

lol...

we all get stupeed at times.. thanks

[MyFriendIsATaco]

here is your 1 line solution:

var mynumber = -10;
mynumber = (mynumber<0) ? (-mynumber) : mynumber;
trace(mynumber); //traces 10