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Math::Sign Method (Double)

 

Returns an integer that indicates the sign of a double-precision floating-point number.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
static int Sign(
	double value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::Double

A signed number.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

A number that indicates the sign of value, as shown in the following table.

Return value

Meaning

-1

value is less than zero.

0

value is equal to zero.

1

value is greater than zero.

Exception Condition
ArithmeticException

value is equal to NaN.

The following example demonstrates how to use the Sign(Double) method to determine the sign of a Double value and display it to the console.

// This example demonstrates Math.Sign()
using namespace System;
String^ Test( int compare )
{
   if ( compare == 0 )
      return "equal to";
   else
   if ( compare < 0 )
      return "less than";
   else
      return "greater than";
}

int main()
{
   String^ str = "{0}: {1,3} is {2} zero.";
   String^ nl = Environment::NewLine;
   Byte xByte1 = 0;
   short xShort1 = -2;
   int xInt1 = -3;
   long xLong1 = -4;
   float xSingle1 = 0.0f;
   double xDouble1 = 6.0;
   Decimal xDecimal1 = -7;

   // The following type is not CLS-compliant.
   SByte xSbyte1 = -101;
   Console::WriteLine( "{0}Test the sign of the following types of values:", nl );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Byte   ", xByte1, Test( Math::Sign( xByte1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Int16  ", xShort1, Test( Math::Sign( xShort1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Int32  ", xInt1, Test( Math::Sign( xInt1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Int64  ", xLong1, Test( Math::Sign( xLong1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Single ", xSingle1, Test( Math::Sign( xSingle1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Double ", xDouble1, Test( Math::Sign( xDouble1 ) ) );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "Decimal", xDecimal1, Test( Math::Sign( xDecimal1 ) ) );

   //
   Console::WriteLine( "{0}The following type is not CLS-compliant.", nl );
   Console::WriteLine( str, "SByte  ", xSbyte1, Test( Math::Sign( xSbyte1 ) ) );
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

Test the sign of the following types of values:
Byte   :   0 is equal to zero.
Int16  :  -2 is less than zero.
Int32  :  -3 is less than zero.
Int64  :  -4 is less than zero.
Single :   0 is equal to zero.
Double :   6 is greater than zero.
Decimal:  -7 is less than zero.

The following type is not CLS-compliant.
SByte  : -101 is less than zero.
*/

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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