sign

 

 

Overview

The sign function determines whether the argument is positive or negative.

Usage

The sign function is used to determine if a number is positive or negative.

 

Syntax

Expression:

(sign num)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:numNumber A Number

Returns:

Returns 1 if the argument is positive and -1 if the argument is negative.

 

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

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

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