Java.lang.StrictMath.abs() Method

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Description

The java.lang.StrictMath.abs(long a) method returns the absolute value of a long value.If the argument is not negative, the argument is returned. If the argument is negative, the negation of the argument is returned.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.StrictMath.abs() method

public static long abs(long a)

Parameters

a − This is the argument whose absolute value is to be determined.

Return Value

This method returns the absolute value of long value.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.StrictMath.abs() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class StrictMathDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      long l1 = 55475693, l2 = -7538911;
   
      // returns the absolute value of positive long value
      long lAbsValue = StrictMath.abs(l1);
      System.out.println("absolute value of " + l1 + " = " + lAbsValue);    

      // returns the absolute value of negative long value
      lAbsValue = StrictMath.abs(l2);
      System.out.println("absolute value of " + l2 + " = " + lAbsValue);
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

absolute value of 55475693 = 55475693
absolute value of -7538911 = 7538911