absolute difference between numbers

Former Member over 8 years ago

I'm currently getting values from the accelerometer on a Garmin device.

The number are negative and positive.

What I need to do is find the absolute difference between any two given numbers e.g.

Number1 = -100
Number2 = 100
Number3 = absolute difference 200

in Excel you can use the ABS Function ABS(B2-B3)
in C Sharp there is Math.Abs

Is there anything similar in monkey C - Ive had a search of the documentation and cant find anything?

https://developer.garmin.com/downloads/connect-iq/monkey-c/doc/Toybox/Math.html

Thanks!

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

maybe just:

var c=a-b;

  if(c<0) {c=c*-1;}

a1234.garmin over 8 years ago

Every thing is an object. So you just have to use .abs() method on your variable.

var a=-100;

var b=100;

var c=(a-b).abs();

https://developer.garmin.com/downloads/connect-iq/monkey-c/doc/Toybox/Lang/Long.html

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks, I considered something similar but didn't want to add code if some function existed. Working now!