from negative to positive

[Baabu]

is there any function in php which can convert any negative number to positive number just like

somefunction(-20);
and result should be 20

Any ideas?? ???

[Naez]

If you are always going to be dealing with a negative number, you can just multiply that by -1.

 

But if its mixed input and you always want it to be positive, then I'm not sure! sorry!

[Baabu]

the case is just like if u have profit then it is in positive else if it negative then it is loss and i want that loss to be stored in aa a positive number

[Naez]

I am working on a function for you... that only works with int's atm.... I'm gonna try to get it to work on floats (in case your loss is like 410.22)

 

So unless someone says some built in PHP function I should have one I wrote for you in a few mins

[Naez]

Hrm, it seems I was overthinking things!!

 

Here you go

 

<?php
function neg2pos($number)
{
return ($number < 0) ? $number * -1 : $number;
}

echo neg2pos(22.22); // returns 22.22
echo neg2pos(-599.22); // returns -599.22

?>

 

I hope it does everything you need it to.

 

And of course you go offline when I finally figure it out

[Naez]

Bleh, in my comment I said it would return -599.22...but I meant it will return the positive value (599.22) >.<

 

for some reason cant edit my post!

[Barand]

or just negate the variable with a minus sign

 

<?php

function neg2pos($number)
{
    return ($number < 0) ? -$number : $number;
}

[Baabu]

thx for ur help guyz both worked for me 

[Naez]

or just negate the variable with a minus sign

 

<?php

function neg2pos($number)
{
    return ($number < 0) ? -$number : $number;
}

 

 

Ooh nice catch!

 

I wonder if there is a way to get this function to be built in to PHP?  one for neg2pos and pos2neg could be useful.

[Barand]

or, simpler

<?php
$loss = -500;

echo -$loss;       // 500
?>

[KrisNz]

I'm not the most mathematically inclined person, but isn't that what abs() is for?

[Naez]

Good call, I knew there had to be a built in function to handle it.

 

the question though is, is there a pos2neg function built in (the opposite)?

 

Or I guess you could just do

 

$var = abs(20);

$var = -$var

[Baabu]

yeah abs() i just seen that 

[Barand]

Good call, I knew there had to be a built in function to handle it.

 

the question though is, is there a pos2neg function built in (the opposite)?

 

neg2pos or pos2neg

 

you just apply the minus sign to switch from one to the other.

 

$profit = 1000;

echo -$profit;    // -1000

 

abs() always returns positive.

[Naez]

echo -abs(500);