ABS or ABSVAL

ABS or ABSVAL returns the absolute value of a numeric expression. The return type is the type of parameter. All built-in numeric types are supported (DECIMAL, DOUBLE PRECISION, FLOAT, INTEGER, BIGINT, NUMERIC, REAL, and SMALLINT).

Syntax

ABS(NumericExpression)

Examples

-- returns 3 
VALUES ABS(-3)

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