sign

func sign(n : Number) -> {-1 1}
  return 1 when n >= 0
  return -1
Returns 1 times the sign of the given number. For example:
  sign(-12.3) = -1
  sign(12.3) = 1
See also: abs, ceil, floor, frac, int, round
Herman Venter
This is Slim documentation as snarfed on 27 May 1999 by dB.