SignI function

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Namespace: Microsoft.Quantum.Math

Package: Microsoft.Quantum.QSharp.Foundation

Returns an integer that indicates the sign of a number.

function SignI (a : Int) : Int

Input

a : Int

The number whose sign is to be returned.

Output : Int

The sign of a represented as an integer, as shown in the following table:

Return value Meaning
-1 a is less than zero
0 a is equal to zero
+1 a is greater than zero

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