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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sgn Function</title>
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<bookmark_value>Sgn function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148474" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080701.xhp" name="Sgn Function">Sgn Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148686" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150359" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3150543" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154365" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that determines the value that is returned by the function.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155416" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print sgn(-10) ' returns -1</paragraph>
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