math.abs

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math.abs(numericExpression)

Description

Returns the absolute value of an integer or float expression.

Param data types

NUMBER

Return type

NUMBER

Code samples

Example 1

This example returns True if the event was more than 5 minutes from the time specified (in seconds from the Unix epoch), regardless of whether the event came before or after the time specified. A call to math.abs cannot depend on multiple variables or placeholders. For example, you cannot replace the hardcoded time value of 1643687343 in the following example with $e2.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds.

300 < math.abs($e1.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds - 1643687343)