Abs (Spatial Analyst)

Available with Spatial Analyst license.

Summary

Calculates the absolute value of the cells in a raster.

Illustration

Abs illustration
OutRas = Abs(InRas1)

Usage

  • Input values can be positive or negative and can be either integer or floating point.

  • If the input is integer, the output raster will be integer type. If the input is floating point, the output raster will be floating point.

  • If the input is a multiband raster, the output will be a multiband raster. The tool will perform the operation on each band in the input.

  • If the input is multidimensional raster data, all slices from all variables will be processed. The output will be a multidimensional raster in CRF format.

  • See Analysis environments and Spatial Analyst for additional details on the geoprocessing environments that apply to this tool.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input raster or constant value

The input raster for which to calculate the absolute values.

To use a number as an input for this parameter, the cell size and extent must first be set in the environment.

Raster Layer; Constant

Return Value

LabelExplanationData Type
Output raster

The output raster.

The cell values are the absolute value of the cells of the input raster.

Raster

Abs(in_raster_or_constant)
NameExplanationData Type
in_raster_or_constant

The input raster for which to calculate the absolute values.

To use a number as an input for this parameter, the cell size and extent must first be set in the environment.

Raster Layer; Constant

Return Value

NameExplanationData Type
out_raster

The output raster.

The cell values are the absolute value of the cells of the input raster.

Raster

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