https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/tags/negative-number/Recent content in negative-number on Curtis TimsonHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GBWed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/post/js/default-negative-variables-to-zero-in-javascript/Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/post/js/default-negative-variables-to-zero-in-javascript/If you need to default a value to 0 if its negative, you could do: var i = -45; if (i<0){ i = 0; } console.log(i); //0 However, a shorter way of doing this would be to use Math.max() passing 0 as one of the parameters: var i = -45; i = Math.max(0,i); console.log(i); //0 Likewise Math.min() can be used to set a maximum value: var i = 999; i = Math.