isNegative

 

 

Overview

The isNegative function returns true if the specified argument {obj} is a negative Number; otherwise, false is returned.

Usage

The isNegative function is used to determine if a Number is negative.

 

Syntax

Expression: (isNegative obj)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:objNumber Must be a numeric object.

Returns:

Returns true if the object is Negative, false is returned otherwise


 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Number Boolean

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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