Beginner needs help

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Hello, I have the following statement in my code:


if( spriteSpeed > 0 ) {
                    if( spriteSpeed > spriteMaxSpeed )
                    {
                        spriteSpeed = spriteMaxSpeed;
                    }
                } else if ( spriteSpeed < 0 ) {
                    if( spriteSpeed < -( spriteMaxSpeed ))
                    {
                        spriteSpeed = -( spriteMaxSpeed );
                    }
                }

It works fine, but my question is whether or not there’s a more ‘professional’ way to rewrite this. It seems inefficient to treat the positive and negative signage separately. Thanks so much for your help!