Converting a negative value to a positive one

[JDodger]

I'm making an If statement which tests if a value is equal to or less than -1, and if it is, turns it into a positive. How do I do the converting into a positive?
Thanks in advance(:

[AlKey]

To convert to positive:

=ABS(A1)

	A	B
1	-1	1

[JDodger]

Nevermind I found a much simpler method:

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this works

[martindwilson]

????? that would change +ve numbers to -ve