Quoting "H. Paul Benton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, > > I know this is a pretty easy question but I can't find it in S poetry or > R help. > > How can I make a negative number positive. Such as > -5 to be +5 > I tried +(-5), but that didn't work. > > So no, I don't mean taking a -5^2 just to get a positive number. > This is in a function so it's not just -5 it's x. :) > > Thanks, > > Paul
how about just multiplying it by -1??? :-) -5*(-1) Jose -- Dr. Jose I. de las Heras Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology Phone: +44 (0)131 6513374 Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology Fax: +44 (0)131 6507360 Swann Building, Mayfield Road University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3JR UK ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
