OnlineRadio wrote:

The abs () block was a Numbers block and a Reporter block. The block reports the absolute value of the input. It was replaced with () of () block in Scratch 1.2, which contains many more mathematical functions. The absolute value is the distance of a number from 0. Another way to describe absolute value is that it makes a number positive — if it is negative, it becomes positive, and if it is positive, it stays positive. For example, the absolute value of -3 is +3 and the absolute value of +4 is +4. The mathematical way to write absolute value is |number|. For example, abs(-3) is the same as |-3|. The abs block came back into practice during the creation of Scratch 3 because users has requested it and Scratch 3 aimed to bring a greater variety of blocks.

deck26 wrote:

OnlineRadio wrote:

The abs () block was a Numbers block and a Reporter block. The block reports the absolute value of the input. It was replaced with () of () block in Scratch 1.2, which contains many more mathematical functions. The absolute value is the distance of a number from 0. Another way to describe absolute value is that it makes a number positive — if it is negative, it becomes positive, and if it is positive, it stays positive. For example, the absolute value of -3 is +3 and the absolute value of +4 is +4. The mathematical way to write absolute value is |number|. For example, abs(-3) is the same as |-3|. The abs block came back into practice during the creation of Scratch 3 because users has requested it and Scratch 3 aimed to bring a greater variety of blocks.

The abs block has been in Scratch since at least 1.4 - it's a standard thing in most languages and was certainly there in Scratch 2.

OnlineRadio wrote:

deck26 wrote:

OnlineRadio wrote:

The abs () block was a Numbers block and a Reporter block. The block reports the absolute value of the input. It was replaced with () of () block in Scratch 1.2, which contains many more mathematical functions. The absolute value is the distance of a number from 0. Another way to describe absolute value is that it makes a number positive — if it is negative, it becomes positive, and if it is positive, it stays positive. For example, the absolute value of -3 is +3 and the absolute value of +4 is +4. The mathematical way to write absolute value is |number|. For example, abs(-3) is the same as |-3|. The abs block came back into practice during the creation of Scratch 3 because users has requested it and Scratch 3 aimed to bring a greater variety of blocks.

The abs block has been in Scratch since at least 1.4 - it's a standard thing in most languages and was certainly there in Scratch 2.

Interesting… I wasn't a regular user of Scratch 2 so that was just what I had heard. Let me correct my speech then…

The abs () block was a Numbers block and a Reporter block. The block reports the absolute value of the input. It was used in conjunction with () of () block in Scratch 1.2, which contains many more mathematical functions. The absolute value is the distance of a number from 0. Another way to describe absolute value is that it makes a number positive — if it is negative, it becomes positive, and if it is positive, it stays positive. For example, the absolute value of -3 is +3 and the absolute value of +4 is +4. The mathematical way to write absolute value is |number|. For example, abs(-3) is the same as |-3|. The abs block came back into practice in projects more regularly during the creation of Scratch 3 because users has requested it and Scratch 3 aimed to bring a greater variety of blocks.

when you quoted deck26
you quoted twice
repeated you statement
but just saying
stop (rant)

Beanbag421 wrote:

What does the abs thing mean

when blue flag clicked

Beanbag421 wrote:

when blue flag clicked

K blue flag doesn't
work that well