{{fbdoc item="title" value="SGN"}}----
Returns the sign part of a number

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	[[KeyPgDeclare|declare]] [[KeyPgFunction|function]] **Sgn** ( [[KeyPgByval|byval]] //number// [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgInteger|integer]] ) [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgInteger|integer]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare|declare]] [[KeyPgFunction|function]] **Sgn** ( [[KeyPgByval|byval]] //number// [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgLongint|longint]] ) [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgLongint|longint]]
	[[KeyPgDeclare|declare]] [[KeyPgFunction|function]] **Sgn** ( [[KeyPgByval|byval]] //number// [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgDouble|double]] ) [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[KeyPgDouble|double]]
##
{{fbdoc item="usage"}}##
	//result// = **Sgn**( //number// )
##
{{fbdoc item="param"}}
	##//number//##
		the number to find the sign of

{{fbdoc item="ret"}}
	Returns the sign part of ##//number//##.
	- If //number// is greater than zero, then ##**Sgn**## returns ##1##.
	- If //number// is equal to zero, then ##**Sgn**## returns ##0##.
	- If //number// is less than zero, then ##**Sgn**## returns ##-1##.

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	The required ##//number//## argument can be any valid numeric expression.  Unsigned numbers will be treated as if they were signed, i.e. if the highest bit is set the number will be treated as negative, and ##-1## will be returned.
	
	The ##**Sgn**## unary ##[[KeyPgOperator|operator]]## can be overloaded with user defined types.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/math/sgn.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
DIM N AS INTEGER = 0

PRINT SGN ( -1.87 )
PRINT SGN ( 0 )
PRINT SGN ( 42.658 )
PRINT SGN ( N )
%%

The output would look like:
%%
-1
0
1
0
%%

{{fbdoc item="lang"}}
	- In the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- None

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgAbs|Abs]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgOperator|Operator]]##

{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgMath|Math"}}