# How do i turn value into something usable?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-turn-value-into-something-usable/303107 "2010-01-14T04:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![oluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cc9497/32.png) [@oluc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oluc)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-turn-value-into-something-usable/303107/1 "2010-01-14T04:19:08Z")

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How do I turn a value into something i can use without the “-” negative value if there is one.

I have an “imageLoaderHost” movieclip and I need it’s x position to be usable wherever its at. for instance:

if imageLoaderHost is at -1258(x position), I need “b1” to go to 1258 (without the “-” as you can see).