sign Sign Functionsign returns a vector with the signs of the corresponding elements of x (the sign of a real number is 1, 0, or -1 if the number is positive, zero, or negative, respectively).
Note that sign does not operate on complex vectors.
sign(x)
x | a numeric vector |
This is an internal generic primitive function: methods can be defined for it directly or via the Math group generic.
sign(pi) # == 1 sign(-2:3) # -1 -1 0 1 1 1
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