How to get the sign of numeric value?

By | September 29, 2015

In the transaction, there might be complex calculation and that time you may need a command to identify the sign of the numeric value. There is an inbuilt command in Sage X3 which return the sign of the number value.

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sgn returns the sign (-1, 0 or +1) of a numeric value.

Syntax

sgn(EXP_NUM)

  • EXP_NUM is an expression returning a numeric value.
  • The type of result is Integer.

Examples

CUBIC_ROOT = sgn(X) * abs(X) ^ (1/3)

Description

sgn(X) returns:
= +1 if X is positive.
= 0 if X is zero.
= -1 if X is negative.

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