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40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148474"><bookmark_value>Sgn function</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148474" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080701.xhp" name="Sgn Function [Runtime]">Sgn Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148686" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="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.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Sgn (Number)</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that determines the value that is returned by the function.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3156281"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">NumExpression</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Return value</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161833" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">negative</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sgn returns -1.</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">0</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Sgn returns 0.</paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">positive</paragraph> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Sgn returns 1.</paragraph> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152576" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="17">Example:</paragraph> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Sub ExampleSgn</paragraph> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Print sgn(-10) REM returns -1</paragraph> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154096" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Print sgn(0) REM returns 0</paragraph> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print sgn(10) REM returns 1</paragraph> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 96