Absolute numbers?

[ericonline]

Hello,

How do I get the absolute value of a number?

Example:

sub(10,11)

Which equals -1. I need to get the absolute value of 1 from this statement. 
How can this be accomplished?
Thank you 

[v-litu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @ericonline,

Unfortunately, there is no ABS function exist in Power Automate, as a workaround, you can determine it is whether less than 0, if it is, convert it to a string, then remove the "-" character, then convert it into an integer, for example:

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Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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[ericonline]

Just searched the forum for this topic (2021-01-12T16:23)... forgot I even asked it.

You know what the old timers say... "I've forgotten more than you'll ever learn about PowerPlatform". 

Iiiitts happeniiiing 🙂

[v-litu-msft]

It's so funny. Cheer up.

[raf-avag_99]

You can also wrap those numbers in max() min() and then calculate the difference:

sub(max(x,y),min(x,y))

[Barks123]

Yet another workaround required for what should be a standard function. How are people still using power apps.. It takes about 3 times as long to create something far less robust and more flaky than traditional software development. There's no unit testing of anything, no adequate debugging, no source control - if someone updates a flow no-one knows what was changed. I can't believe how shoddy it is honestly. Maybe if people aren't from a software development background they are none the wiser and think this is great... I can assure you it definitely is not.