absolute value in SAS

[mei]

I have a variable, idiorisk which is in positive and negative values.

How do i calculate the absolute value of idiorisk?

is it

absolute_IV=abs(IV);

thanks

[Linlin · Accepted solution]

yes. example -- see the ABS function documentation.

data have;
input var1;
var2=abs(var1);
cards;
1
-2
3
-4
;

proc print;run;

                              obs    var1    var2
                                 1       1       1
                                 2      -2       2
                                 3       3       3
                                 4      -4       4