add int.distance()

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/gleam/int.gleam b/src/gleam/int.gleam
index 1a31c0c..f23f0f9 100644
--- a/src/gleam/int.gleam
+++ b/src/gleam/int.gleam
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ pub fn absolute_value(num: Int) -> Int {
   }
 }
 
+/// Returns the absolute distance of the inputs as a positive Int
+///
+/// ## Examples
+///
+///    > distance(-10, 10)
+///    20
+///
+///    > distance(0.0, -2)
+///    2
+///
+pub fn distance(a: Int, b: Int) -> Int {
+  a - b
+  |> absolute_value()
+}
+
 /// Parses a given string as an int if possible.
 ///
 /// ## Examples