method

magnitude

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: Bignum

magnitude()

public

Returns the absolute value of big.

-1234567890987654321.abs   #=> 1234567890987654321

static VALUE
rb_big_abs(VALUE x)
{
    if (!RBIGNUM_SIGN(x)) {
        x = rb_big_clone(x);
        RBIGNUM_SET_SIGN(x, 1);
    }
    return x;
}