Getting a scalar, not a vector.

[icarus_uk]

How do I use only the magnitude of a mathmatical result in a flashpoint script?

Example;

4 - 7 = -3

But I only want the 3, I dont give amonkey butt if the answer is a negative.  I tried using | modulas | signs but flashpoint doesnt recognise them?  Is there another way of using only magnitude in flashpoint?

[Sui]

Try:

(-3^2)^(1/2)

Boy that looks like fun huh?

What it does is multiply your number to the power of two (which effectively gets rid of the negative) then get's the square root of the number (which is the reverse of multiplying it to the power of two)...

Anyway, looks complicated but it's not

You'd use a line like:

variable = ((variable^2)^(1/2))

[icarus_uk]

Ahh yes, thats what I was looking for.  I went for a  *(-1) at first, but then that broke it when it was already a positive result

[Liquid_Silence]

abs variable

i.e.

Code: [Select]

_a = abs -4
hint format ["%1",_a]will display 4 not -4

[icarus_uk]

Oh my would you look at that, an absolute value.  Thats excellent.

[Sui]

Ah ha!

That's more like it...

I thought that command was some sort of chest fitness thing...

[icarus_uk]

We'll assume you mean stomach, not chest