Re: Subtract smaller or larger number from x?


<eksamor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a number x. I would now like to find the difference between this
number x and another number y.

But y can be either larger or smaller than x. Currently I check if the
number y is greater or smaller than x:

int diff; // the difference between x and y

if (y > x){
diff = y-x;
}else{
diff = x-y;
}

is there not a more elegant way to do this when I would like the
difference to be a positive value??


Since this looks like C, abs(), labs() or labs() may be useful


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