How to call abs float function

Good morning,

Basic question regarding MonkeyC development.

I'm trying to call the Float.abs() function on some elevation activity data but keep ketting the following error: Cannot find symbol ':abs' on class definition '$.Toybox.Lang.Float'.

I have the Toybox.Lang import statement in the code. Any idea how I should call it?

Thanks!

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jim_m_58 over 1 year ago +1 verified
Here's now to use it. You use abs() with the value you want the abs() for
```
var f=123.4;
System.println("pos f "+f.abs());
f=-123.4;
System.println("neg f "+f.abs());
```
The output…

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+1 jim_m_58 over 1 year ago

Here's now to use it. You use abs() with the value you want the abs() for

var f=123.4;
System.println("pos f "+f.abs());
f=-123.4;
System.println("neg f "+f.abs());

The output is:

pos f 123.400002
neg f 123.400002

0 luckylucg over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks, that was it indeed!