Java Math abs() method example

public static datatype abs(datatype a)

As we have noted already the abs() method is overloaded, thus on the method signature above we have mentioned datatype which signifies that this method accepts any data type and will return the absolute value of the method argument reflecting the same data type as the input.

The abs() method returns the absolute value of the argument.

Requires Java 1.0 and up

Below is a java code demonstrates the use of abs() method of Math class. The example presented might be simple however it shows the behavior of the abs() method.

package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples;

import static java.lang.System.out;

/*
 * A java example source code to demonstrate
 * the use of abs() method of Math class
 */

public class MathAbsExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// initialize values
		int intVal = -123;
		float floatVal = 1.54f;
		double doubleVal = -3.27;
		
		// get the absoluteValue
		int intValAbs = Math.abs(intVal);
		float floatValAbs = Math.abs(floatVal);
		double doubleValAbs = Math.abs(doubleVal);
		
		out.println("Absolute value of int value is:"+intValAbs);
		out.println("Absolute value of float value is:"+floatValAbs);
		out.println("Absolute value of double value is:"+doubleValAbs);
		
	}
}

The above java example source code demonstrates the use of abs() method of Math class. We simply declare values of different values and we get the absolute value of those. This is to demonstrate on how the abs() method works on different data types.

Below is the sample output when you run the above example.

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