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Math.Abs Method (SByte)

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Updated: July 2010

Returns the absolute value of an 8-bit signed integer.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

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[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public static sbyte Abs(
	sbyte value
)

Parameters

value: Type: System.SByte
A number that is greater than SByte.MinValue, but less than or equal to SByte.MaxValue.

Return Value

Type: System.SByte
An 8-bit signed integer, x, such that 0 ≤ x ≤ SByte.MaxValue.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
OverflowException	value equals SByte.MinValue.

Remarks

The absolute value of a signed byte is its numeric value without its sign. For example, the absolute value of both 12 and -12 is 12.

Examples

The following example uses the Abs(SByte) method to get the absolute value of a number of SByte values.

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sbyte[] values = { SByte.MaxValue, 98, 0, -32, SByte.MinValue };
foreach (sbyte value in values)
{
   try {
      Console.WriteLine("Abs({0}) = {1}", value, Math.Abs(value));
   }
   catch (OverflowException) {
      Console.WriteLine("Unable to calculate the absolute value of {0}.", 
                        value);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Abs(127) = 127
//       Abs(98) = 98
//       Abs(0) = 0
//       Abs(-32) = 32
//       Unable to calculate the absolute value of -128.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.