Absolute (positive) Value

I was wondering how I can replicate Excel's function abs(), which simply gives an absolute value of some number. Is there a simpler way to do that rather than creating a loop to test a condition? For example, I have a line:

w_1 = Range("E2").Value / Range("E3").Value

w_1 can be either positive or negative depending on the sign of E2 and E3. But I need w_1 to be always positive, no matter what signs E2 and E3 have.

I tried

w_1=WorksheetFunction.Abs(Range("E2").Value / Range("E3").Value)