Eng:Abs () (block)

The abs  block was a Numbers block and a Reporter block. The block reports the absolute value of the argument.

The absolute value is the distance of a number from 0. Another way to describe absolute value is that it makes a number positiveif it is negative, it becomes positive, and if it is positive, it stays positive. For example, the absolute value of -3 is +3 and the absolute value of +4 is +4. The mathematical way to write absolute value is |number|. For example, abs(-3) is the same as |-3|.

Removal
In Scratch 1.2, this block was removed, and replaced with a general of  block. It contains 12 mathematical functions. The top value is abs, but the default is sqrt (square root).

Its position in the palette was between mod  and round. The new block is at the bottom of the palette.

Workaround
This block could be replicated with the following code: if <(num) < (0)> then set [abs v] to ((num) * (-1)) else set [abs v] to (num) end

The new block

([abs v] of (9))