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Am I taking the antiderivative of |x| correctly?

Edit: forgot +C, sorry
So I remember seeing [this][1] video by Blackpenredpen on the Youtube homepage around 3 months ago where he was showing failed attempts of him trying to figure out how to get$$\int\sqrt{\sin^2(x)} \,dx=\int\left|\sin(x)\right| \, dx=-\cot(x)\left|\sin(x)\right|+c$$without piecewise integration.
While I do have my own attempts at this that I've done over the course of 2 months (by attempting IBP or using $u$-substitution), I think these attempts have failed because I don't really understand how to even evaluate$$\int|x|\,dx$$So I think that if I can integrate this, I can integrate$$\int\left|\sin(x)\right| \, dx$$ using a similar method. Here is my attempt at doing so:
We have that$$\int|x|\,dx=\int1\cdot|x| \,dx$$Now, we can rewrite this as$$\int\left(\frac d{dx}x\right)|x|\,dx$$and now we can use IBP.
Here's a brief overview of IBP for anyone who doesn't remember it:
>IBP, which stands for `Integration By Parts`, is a method of integration that states that for functions `f(x)` and `g(x)`,$$\int f(x)\,dg(x)=f(x)g(x)-\int g(x)\,df(x)$$(here $dg(x)$ and $df(x)$ means $\frac d{dx}g(x)$ and $\frac d{dx}f(x)$ respectively. I understand the notation is disliked a lot) So what I think it is trying to show here in this context is that if we can rewrite our integral as a product of a 2 functions, and we know the antiderivative of one of them, we can use that to find the antiderivative of the other function.
So now we can use IBP on our integral$$I=\int\left(\frac d{dx}x ight) |x| \, dx$$using$$f(x)=|x|$$$$g(x)=x$$to get$$I=\int\left(\frac d{dx}x ight)|x|=x|x|-\int x \cdot \left(\frac{|x|}x ight)\,dx$$$$=x|x|-\int|x|\,dx$$$$I=x|x|-\int|x| \, []()dx\implies I=x|x|-I$$$$\implies 2I=x|x|\implies I=\int|x|\,dx=\frac{x|x|}2$$So we have that the antiderivative of $|x|$ is $\frac{x|x|}2+C$.
However, my question is: Am I taking the antiderivative of $|x|$ correctly, or how would I take it?
[1]:https://youtu.be/-kJheoMb2ys?si=ch6kGADWbrKxcMOx

Edit: forgot +C, sorry
So I remember seeing [this][1] video by Blackpenredpen on the Youtube homepage around 3 months ago where he was showing failed attempts of him trying to figure out how to get$$\int\sqrt{\sin^2(x)} \,dx=\int\left|\sin(x)\right| \, dx=-\cot(x)\left|\sin(x)\right|+c$$without piecewise integration.
While I do have my own attempts at this that I've done over the course of 2 months (by attempting IBP or using $u$-substitution), I think these attempts have failed because I don't really understand how to even evaluate$$\int|x|\,dx$$So I think that if I can integrate this, I can integrate$$\int\left|\sin(x)\right| \, dx$$ using a similar method. Here is my attempt at doing so:
We have that$$\int|x|\,dx=\int1\cdot|x| \,dx$$Now, we can rewrite this as$$\int\left(\frac d{dx}x\right)|x|\,dx$$and now we can use IBP.
Here's a brief overview of IBP for anyone who doesn't remember it:
>IBP, which stands for `Integration By Parts`, is a method of integration that states that for functions `f(x)` and `g(x)`,$$\int f(x)\,dg(x)=f(x)g(x)-\int g(x)\,df(x)$$(here $dg(x)$ and $df(x)$ means $\frac d{dx}g(x)$ and $\frac d{dx}f(x)$ respectively. I understand the notation is disliked a lot) So what I think it is trying to show here in this context is that if we can rewrite our integral as a product of a 2 functions, and we know the antiderivative of one of them, we can use that to find the antiderivative of the other function.
So now we can use IBP on our integral$$I=\int\left(\frac d{dx}x ight) |x| \, dx$$using$$f(x)=|x|$$$$g(x)=x$$to get$$I=\int\left(\frac d{dx}x ight)|x|=x|x|-\int x \cdot \left(\frac{|x|}x ight)\,dx$$$$=x|x|-\int|x|\,dx$$$$I=x|x|-\int|x| \, dx\implies I=x|x|-I$$$$\implies 2I=x|x|\implies I=\int|x|\,dx=\frac{x|x|}2$$So we have that the antiderivative of $|x|$ is $\frac{x|x|}2+C$.
However, my question is: Am I taking the antiderivative of $|x|$ correctly, or how would I take it?
[1]:https://youtu.be/-kJheoMb2ys?si=ch6kGADWbrKxcMOx

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