instance method

Integer#magnitude

() -> ::Integer

magnitude

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/numeric.rb, line 137
def abs
  Primitive.attr! :leaf
  Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_int_abs(self)'
end

Alias of #abs

Returns the absolute value of self.

Example

(-12345).abs # => 12345
-12345.abs   # => 12345
12345.abs    # => 12345

See also #abs #lcm #modulo #integer? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0