Abs

The sum of absolute values of the selection.

This method returns the sum of the absolute values of each item in a set of numbers.

The absolute value of a number refers to the number without its sign.

Adding each item of a set of numbers will produce its total or sum.

 

Sample 1:

Given a list of arbitrary numbers:

Arbitrary
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
0
0
0

List of positive and negative numbers

Computing for the absolute value

1. Compute the absolute value for each item.

Arbitrary
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
0
0
0

List of absolute values

2. Compute the sum of the absolute numbers:

3 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 12

 

Sample 2:

Assuming that the same list of numbers has multiple groupings or breakdowns as shown below.

Grouping	Arbitrary
1	3
1	2
1	1
1	0
2	-1
2	-2
2	-3
3	0
3	0
3	0

List of values with groupings

Computing for the Absolute value based on the Grouping

1. Compute for the absolute values of each item based on the Grouping defined.

Grouping	Arbitrary
1	3
1	2
1	1
1	0
2	1
2	2
2	3
3	0
3	0
3	0

List of absolute values with groupings

2. Compute the sum of the absolute numbers based on the grouping.

Grouping	Arbitrary
1	6
2	6
3	0

Final result

Computation Details:

Group 1: 3 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 6

Group 2: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6

Group 3: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

 

Sample 3:

Given the following sample fields:

Number	Arbitrary	Negative Values	Positive Values	One	Binary	Currency	Decimal
1	3	-1	1	1	0	$1.00	1.01
2	2	-2	2		1	$10.00	2.02
3	3	-3	3		0	$100.00	3.03
4	0	-4	4		1	$1,000.00	4.04
5	-1	-5	5		0	$10,000.00	5.05
6	-2	-6	6		1	-$1.00	6.06
7	-3	-7	7		0	-$10.00	7.07
8	0	-8	8			-$100.00	8.08
9	0	-9	9			-$1,000.00	9.09
10	0	-10	0			$0.00	0.00

Sample fields

Abs results:

Number	Arbitrary	Negative Values	Positive Values	One	Binary	Currency	Decimal
55	12	55	45	1	3	12,222.00	45.45

Results per field