sign
description
Syntax
TINYINT sign(DOUBLE x)
Returns the sign of x. Negative, zero or positive numbers correspond to -1, 0 or 1 respectively.
example
mysql> select sign(3);
+-----------+
| sign(3.0) |
+-----------+
| 1 |
+-----------+
mysql> select sign(0);
+-----------+
| sign(0.0) |
+-----------+
| 0 |
mysql> select sign(-10.0);
+-------------+
| sign(-10.0) |
+-------------+
| -1 |
+-------------+
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SIGN