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Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 1 (11.1)

Part Number B28126-01
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SIGN

The SIGN function returns a value that indicates when a specified number is less than, equal to, or greater than 0 (zero).

Return Value

INTEGER. SIGN returns -1 when n<0, 0 (zero) when n=0, or 1 when n>0.

Syntax

SIGN (n)

Arguments

n

A numeric expression.

Examples

Example 8-97 Determining if the Result of a Numeric Expression is Greater or Less Than Zero

The following example indicates that the function's argument (-15) is less than 0 (zero).

SHOW SIGN(-15) 
 -1