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ee.Number.abs

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The abs() method computes the absolute value of a number.
It takes a single number input and returns its absolute value as a number.

Computes the absolute value of the input.

Usage	Returns
`Number. abs ()`	Number

Argument	Type	Details
this: `input`	Number	The input value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of -1' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ). 
 abs 
 ()); 
  
 // 1 
 print 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of 0' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 abs 
 ()); 
  
 // 0 
 print 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of 2.3' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 2.3 
 ). 
 abs 
 ()); 
  
 // 2.3

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 display 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of -1:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 abs 
 ()) 
 # 1 
 display 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of 0:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 abs 
 ()) 
 # 0 
 display 
 ( 
 'Absolute value of 2.3:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 2.3 
 ) 
 . 
 abs 
 ()) 
 # 2.3

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Number.abs