Obtaining the complement of a Currency value

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matthewjbarr@gmail.com - 13 Oct 2005 16:09 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a straightforward method of obtaining the
complement (i.e. the postive value) of a Currency object. Failing that,
is there a method of obtaining the same thing for a float?

Cheers,

Matt

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Pete Barrett - 13 Oct 2005 19:07 GMT

>Hi,
>
>I was wondering if there was a straightforward method of obtaining the
>complement (i.e. the postive value) of a Currency object. Failing that,
>is there a method of obtaining the same thing for a float?

Does Currency have a value? As far as I can see, all it holds is the
symbol, the ISO 4217 currency code, and the number of digits after the
currency point.

For a float or double there's Math.abs(...). Or is that not what you
mean?

Pete Barrett

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Roedy Green - 19 Oct 2005 11:28 GMT

On 13 Oct 2005 08:09:25 -0700, matthewjbarr@gmail.com wrote or quoted

>is there a method of obtaining the same thing for a float?

Math.abs
or if ( x < 0 ) x = -x;

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Roedy Green - 19 Oct 2005 11:31 GMT

On 13 Oct 2005 08:09:25 -0700, matthewjbarr@gmail.com wrote or quoted

>I was wondering if there was a straightforward method of obtaining the
>complement (i.e. the postive value) of a Currency object. Failing that,
>is there a method of obtaining the same thing for a float?

Currency objects just record details about a currency, i.e. how to
display it. They are not for storing currency values.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/currency.html

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