How to read a negative number to positive

[Inactive User]

Hi All,

How can i read a negative number as positive,example

A         B

-80      10

After addition result should be in positive e.g    90, Can anyone help me to achive this result.

Thanks in advance.

[DataNath]

Just wrap your fields that may be negative in abs(). In this case you would just do:

abs([A])+abs([B])

[PhilipMannering]

You can use `abs` function in the Formula Tool to take the absolute value.