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Thread: Function of difference between two numbers

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    Default Function of difference between two numbers

    Good Morning

    Can you please help with some code for a function I need.

    The function takes two numbers as arguments and basically returns the difference between them. However I always need a positive number to be returned so the fucntion needs to take the smaller number from the larger one and this needs to be worked out within the function.

    New to this so any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks

    JS


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    Hello uplink600 and welcome to the Java Programming Forums

    I have written this code for you. It takes 2 integer values from the command line and returns the calculation.

    public class Uplink600 {
     
        /**
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        public static int arg1, arg2;
     
        public void Calculate(){
     
            int result = 0;
     
            // If statements to determine highest value
            if(arg1 <= arg2){
                result = (arg2 - arg1);
            }
            if(arg1 >= arg2){
                result = (arg1 - arg2);
            }
     
            // Print our result to console
            System.out.println(result);
        }
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            // Error handling to check for arguments
            if(args.length < 2){
                System.out.println("You must send 2 integer command line arguments!");
                System.exit(0);
            }
     
            // Parse String arguments to Integer
            arg1 = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
            arg2 = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
     
            // Run Calculate Method
            Uplink600 uplink = new Uplink600();
            uplink.Calculate();
     
        }
     
    }
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    Default Re: Function

    Here's my solution, based on the problem being. "Return the difference between the two characters, where no sign is present"
    public int Difference(int a, int b){
    	return Math.abs(a-b);
    }
    Regards,
    Chris

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