Take Absolute Value of Integers

Take Absolute Value of Integers instantly strips the negative signs from your numbers. It’s useful when you only care about the size of a number, not its sign like when sorting, comparing, or normalizing data. Just paste your list and get clean, non-negative values right away.

You can trim input, filter out bad values, remove duplicates, and sort all live, in your browser.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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Supported file types: .txt, .csv, .tsv, .log, .json, .xml, .md, .ini, .yaml, .yml, .html, .htm, .css
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Options
Ignore non-integers
Remove duplicates
Sort results
Maximize output

How to Use:

  • Paste or type numbers into the Input Integers box.
  • Use the toggles under Options:
    • Ignore non-integers – Skips any line that isn’t a number.
    • Remove duplicates – Filters out repeated results.
    • Sort results – Orders values from smallest to largest.
    • Maximize output – Expands the result box for easier scrolling.
  • The Absolute Values box updates live with your results.
  • Click Copy Output to copy the output.
  • Use Export to File to save it as .txt.
  • Click Clear All to reset everything.
  • Or use Choose File to import a file of numbers directly.

What Take Absolute Value of Integers can do:

This tool cleans up messy numeric input by taking just the absolute value of every number. It’s especially useful when you’re looking for magnitude-only comparisons no negatives allowed.

Whether you’re prepping spreadsheet data, filtering logs, or validating inputs, this tool makes sure everything ends up positive and easy to work with. You can also sort, deduplicate, or clean as you go. Everything runs instantly in the browser, with zero fuss.

Example:

Input:

-5
3
-42
0
9
-1

Output:

5
3
42
0
9
1

With “Remove duplicates” and “Sort results” toggled on:

0
1
3
5
9
42

Common Use Cases:

Use it to prep values for absolute comparisons, strip negatives before graphing or plotting, or clean numeric input in testing and data pipelines. It’s also great when sanitizing math content for students or simplifying inputs for calculations.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

After using Take Absolute Value of Integers, try Change Integer Sign if you want to flip values instead of stripping the sign. And if you’re prepping mixed values for display, Sort Integers helps arrange them cleanly once all are positive.

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