Java BigInteger Calculate distance(BigInteger a, BigInteger b)

Description

return the distance between two number, that is |a-b|.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
a	BigInteger
b	BigInteger

Return

BigInteger

Declaration

public static final BigInteger distance(BigInteger a, BigInteger b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.math.BigInteger;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  ww  .j a v  a2  s .c o  m*/
     * return the distance between two number, that is |a-b|.
     * no checking is done.
     * @param a BigInteger
     * @param b BigInteger
     * @return BigInteger
     */
    public static final BigInteger distance(BigInteger a, BigInteger b) {
        return a.subtract(b).abs();
    }
}

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