abs
function
Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above
Returns the absolute value of the numeric value in expr
.
Returns
A numeric or interval of the same type as expr
.
For integral numeric types the function can return an ARITHMETIC_OVERFLOW error.
Warning
In Databricks Runtime if spark.sql.ansi.enabled is false
, an overflow does not cause an error but “wraps” the result instead.