How to get the absolute value of a number in Scratch?

Question

I want to get the absolute value of a number in Scratch, meaning to drop the negative sign and convert all numbers to positive numbers.

• "-1.5" would become "1.5"
• "-4.56E100" would become "4.56E100"
• "-7" would become "7"

Answer 1

use abs of () block or do it yourself like this

if (input) > 0
   set output to (input)
else:
   set output to((-1)*(input))

Answer 2

Under the "Operators" code section, I found a block with a built-in abs function:

So you can use it like this to get the absolute value of a number: