ABS or ABSVAL function

ABS or ABSVAL function The ABS or ABSVAL function returns the absolute value of a numeric expression. ABS or ABSVAL function

The return type is the type of the parameter. All built-in numeric types are supported (DECIMAL, DOUBLE PRECISION, FLOAT, INTEGER, BIGINT, NUMERIC, REAL, and SMALLINT).

Syntax ABS ( numericExpression ) ABSVAL ( numericExpression ) Example -- returns 3 VALUES ABS(-3)