The ABS() function returns the absolute value of a numeric input argument. : ABS « Numeric Math Functions « Oracle PL / SQL






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The ABS() function returns the absolute value of a numeric input argument.

  
SQL>
ABS() Syntax:  ABS(<numeric expression>)
SQL>
SQL> SELECT
  2     ABS(-100) negative,
  3     ABS(100)  positive from dual;

  NEGATIVE   POSITIVE
---------- ----------
       100        100








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