{"id":396,"date":"2016-04-19T08:32:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqltutorial.org\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:02:35","slug":"sql-abs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-math-functions\/sql-abs\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL ABS Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In SQL, The <code>ABS<\/code> function calculates the absolute value of a number or the result of an expression that evaluates to a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='syntax'>Syntax <a href=\"#syntax\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"syntax\" title=\"Anchor for Syntax\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">ABS (number | expression)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='arguments'>Arguments <a href=\"#arguments\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"arguments\" title=\"Anchor for Arguments\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>number | expression<\/em><br>Number or expression that evaluates to a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='return-type'>Return Type <a href=\"#return-type\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"return-type\" title=\"Anchor for Return Type\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>ABS<\/code> function returns the same data type as its argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='examples'>Examples <a href=\"#examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"examples\" title=\"Anchor for Examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement uses the <code>ABS<\/code> function to get the absolute value of <code>-100<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ABS<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">-100<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/playground\/?q=U0VMRUNUIEFCUygtMTAwKTs%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">abs\n-------\n100<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following example uses the <code>ABS<\/code> function to calculate the absolute value of an expression:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span>\n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ABS<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">100<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">-300<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/playground\/?q=U0VMRUNUIGFicygxMDAgLTMwMCk7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">abs\n-------\n200<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='summary'>Summary <a href=\"#summary\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"summary\" title=\"Anchor for Summary\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the SQL <code>ABS<\/code> function to get the absolute value of number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial helpful ?<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-thumbs\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\tdata-post=\"396\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.sqltutorial.org\/sql-math-functions\/sql-abs\/\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post-title=\"SQL ABS Function\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-response=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"wth-btn-rounded 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