Thank you!<br>*opens manual again*<br><br>Wim<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Orri Ganel</b> <<a href="mailto:singingxduck@gmail.com">singingxduck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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Rinzwind wrote:
<blockquote cite="http://mid4677730601261152j4fc1a30dy533a8e80e76c35b7@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><div><span class="e" id="q_109084b20df40515_1">In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0, +1 if a number
is <0, 0, >0.<br>
I searched on the web for a bit but sgn and sign give me way too many
discussions about Decimals. <a href="http://python.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">python.org</a>
with numbers/digits doesn't tell about a function.<br>
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Maybe Python uses a different name for it so I am not looking for the
correct wording :( Sucks not knowing syntax from my memory and having
to look them up alot).
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Wim<br>
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Well, the <tt>cmp()</tt> function does this if you compare the number
to 0:<br>
<br>
<tt>>>> cmp(-34,0)<br>
-1<br>
>>> cmp(0,0)<br>
0<br>
>>> cmp(23,0)<br>
1<br>
<br>
</tt>Of course, that's not all <tt>cmp()</tt> is good for, but it
would work in this case.<br>
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HTH,<br>
Orri<br><span class="sg">
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