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                        Sign

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                        Nota

                        Working with permutations? See Sign (Permutations).

                        Returns the sign of a number.

                        Syntax

                        sign(Real)
                        
                        sign(Complex)
                        

                        Description

                        Given a real number x, returns its sign: sign(x)=0, if x=0, 1, if x>0 , -1, if x<0

                        Given a complex number z, returns sign(z)=0, if z=0, z/z, if z≠0

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