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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>Sgn Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03080701"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> table.Tabelle1{ } span.Tabelle1A{ width:8.999cm;} td.Tabelle1A3{ } p.P1{ } span.T1{ font-weight:bold;} </style></head><body> <help:paragraphinfo state="E" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="sgn" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> <p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1"/><help:key-word value="Sgn; function" tag="kw66485_1"/><help:link Id="66485">Sgn Function [Runtime]</help:link></p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Returns an integer number between -1 and 1 that indicates if the number that is passed to the function is positive, negative, or zero.</p> <help:paragraphinfo state="E"/></help:to-be-embedded> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Syntax:</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sgn (Number)</p> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Return value:</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Integer</p> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Parameters:</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Number:</span> Numeric expression that determines the value that is returned by the function.</p> <table><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>NumExpression</p> </span></th><th style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Return value</p> </span></th></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>negative</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sgn returns -1.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle1A3" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>0</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sgn returns 0.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>positive</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sgn returns 1.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="S" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:embedded Id="66475" Eid="errorcode" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="S" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:embedded Id="66475" Eid="err5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Example:</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="18" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sub ExampleSgn</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="19" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Print sgn(-10) REM returns -1</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Print sgn(0) <text:s text:c="2" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 0</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="21" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Print sgn(10) <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 1</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>end sub</p> </body></html>