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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>Sgn Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03080701"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  19.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="sgn" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  20.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66485">Sgn Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph">Returns an integer number between -1 and 1 indicating whether the number passed to the function is positive, negative, or zero.</p>
  22.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph">Sgn (Number) <help:key-word value="Sgn" tag="kw66485_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  25.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Return value</span>:</p>
  26.   <p class="Paragraph">Integer</p>
  27.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  28.   <p class="Paragraph">Number: Numeric expression which determines the the value returned by the function.</p>
  29.   <table><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  30.       <p class="TextInTable">NumExpression</p>
  31.      </span></th><th style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  32.       <p class="TextInTable">Return value</p>
  33.      </span></th></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  34.      <p class="TextInTable">negative</p>
  35.     </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  36.      <p class="TextInTable">Sgn returns -1.</p>
  37.     </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle1A3" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  38.      <p class="TextInTable">0</p>
  39.     </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  40.      <p class="TextInTable">Sgn returns 0.</p>
  41.     </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  42.      <p class="TextInTable">positive</p>
  43.     </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A">
  44.      <p class="TextInTable">Sgn returns 1.</p>
  45.     </span></td></tr></table>
  46.   <p class="Paragraph"/>
  47.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  48.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleSgn</p>
  49.   <p class="PropText">Print sgn(-10) REM returns -1</p>
  50.   <p class="PropText">Print sgn(0) <text:s text:c="2" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 0</p>
  51.   <p class="PropText">Print sgn(10) <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 1</p>
  52.   <p class="PropText">end sub</p>
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