help with Mathf.Abs

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1

i have a script in the script if a cube moves to far from the player he comes back but the opposite sides are not working

	 if( Mathf.Abs(player.position.x - transform.position.x) > 8 )
{
	transform.position.x -=1 *Time.deltaTime*8;
	print("bigger then x");
}
if( Mathf.Abs(player.position.x - transform.position.x) < -8 )
{
	transform.position.x +=1 *Time.deltaTime*8;
	print("smaller then x");
}

if( Mathf.Abs(player.position.z - transform.position.z) > 8 )
{
	transform.position.z -=1 *Time.deltaTime*8;
	print("bigger then z");
}
	if( Mathf.Abs(player.position.z - transform.position.z) < -8 )
{
	transform.position.z +=10 *Time.deltaTime*8;
	print("smallls");
}

it actually gives me bigger then x when i try to go in the - side like -x

2

if (Mathf.Abs(player.position.x - transform.position.x) < -8)

if (Mathf.Abs(player.position.z - transform.position.z) < -8)

these 2 lines never becomes true at all.
Mathf.Abs ‘always’ produce ‘positive’ numbers (or zero). so they can not be ‘less than -8’.

for more info:

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Mathf.Abs.html