I've been coding on Scratch for about 3 years now, but I have no idea what the

([abs] of ( )) 

block does. Can someone tell me what it means and does?

it positivizes the input so abs of -3 would be 3 and abs of 3 would be 3

Thank You!

abs stands for absoulute value, so if the number is positive, it stays the same, but negative, it is positive. example: abs of 5 = -5
positive numbers have more uses than negative numbers in scratch, so this block is useful for converting things that DO use negative numbers, like x or y positions, to things that DONT, like size.

PhillipDC wrote:

I've been coding on Scratch for about 3 years now, but I have no idea what the

([abs] of ( )) 

block does. Can someone tell me what it means and does?

Absolute value, its a very simple and useful block whenever you need to turn some value positive.

Essentially it takes the “absolute” value of a number, aka its distance from zero. This can only ever lead to positive numbers, therefore it converts them.

If you want an inverted absolute value you can do this:

((0) - ([abs v] of ()))