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Math::Abs Method (SByte)

 

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

This API is not CLS-compliant.

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

public:
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
static signed char Abs(
	signed char 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.

Exception Condition
OverflowException

value equals SByte::MinValue.

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.

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

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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