Re: reverse sign

%abs will give you a positive number, whether the number is negative or
positive. If you always want a positive result, %abs is the BIF for you. If,
however, you always want to flip the sign, so that negatives become
positives, and positives become negatives, multiply by -1

/free
x*=-1;
/end-free


On 11/8/05, murali dhar <hydchap1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Iam in need of quick answer.
> Which opcode should I use to reverse the sign of a numeric value (or) if
> opcode not available how to do this?
>
> Is %abs will do for me?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>
>
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