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sign — returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on the sign of its numerical

Synopsis

sign ( num numeric );
 

Description

sign returns either -1, 0 or 1 depending whether its numeric argument is negative, zero or positive.

sign(-12)			-> -1
sign(0)				-> 0
sign(910)			-> 1
sign(atof('-1.23456789'))	-> -1
sign(0.0)			-> 0