Why isn't there any Anti-Modulus Function?

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Why isn't there anything which works like anti modulus? That is, a function which gives negative of absolute values of the number?

Simply, if modulus function |x| is:

when x≥0 then |x|= x and when x<0 then |x|= 0

Then why can't there be a function !x! defined such that:

when x>0 then !x!= (-x) and when x≤0 then !x!= x

If there is such a function that exists and is properly defined, please tell me about it since my maths high school textbooks have absolutely nothing mentioned about it. Thanks!

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For such a function, place a negative sign in front of |x|.Then,it becomes -|x|. So,for any real valued x,-|x| will be negative although |x|>=0 for all real values of x including zero.