Golang : Converting a negative number to positive number
Helping out a friend here to figure out why her totalizer formula is spitting out incorrect result. Apparently, what she wanted to achieve is to convert a negative number to positive number so that her totalizer formula will calculate properly.
According to her co-workers, there are times when the field instrument will pump out negative number (flow rate), but it should be assumed to be a positive number and the numbers from a few measurement instruments have to be added up.
Sometimes, the simplest thing can be hardest to spot and we just assume the final calculation is correct. Writing this down as a reminder on how to convert a negative number to positive number properly with math.Abs()
function.
Not going to show you the actual formula in totaling up the flow rates, but a simple example will do.
Here you go!
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math"
)
func main() {
total := 1 + 1 + (-1)
fmt.Println("Total : ", total)
correctTotal := 1 + 1 + math.Abs(-1) // convert negative 1 to positive
fmt.Println("Correct total with absolute : ", correctTotal)
}
Output:
Total : 1
Correct total with absolute : 3
See also : Golang : Calculate BMI and risk category
By Adam Ng
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