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About stdlib...

We believe in a future in which the web is a preferred environment for numerical computation. To help realize this future, we've built stdlib. stdlib is a standard library, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computation, written in JavaScript (and C) for execution in browsers and in Node.js.

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Signum

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Signum function.

The signum function is defined as

$$\mathop{\mathrm{sign}}(x) := \begin{cases} -1 & \textrm{if}\ x < 0 \\ 0 & \textrm{if}\ x = 0 \\ 1 & \textrm{if}\ x > 0 \end{cases}$$

for any real number x.

Usage

import signumf from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-signumf@esm/index.mjs';

signumf( x )

Evaluates the signum function for a single-precision floating-point number.

var sign = signumf( -5.0 );
// returns -1

sign = signumf( 5.0 );
// returns 1

sign = signumf( -0.0 );
// returns -0

sign = signumf( 0.0 );
// returns 0

sign = signumf( NaN );
// returns NaN

Notes

Table of results:

Value Sign
x > 0 +1
x < 0 -1
0 0
-0 -0
NaN NaN

Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
<script type="module">

import randu from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/random-base-randu@esm/index.mjs';
import round from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-round@esm/index.mjs';
import signumf from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-signumf@esm/index.mjs';

var sign;
var x;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    x = round( randu()*100.0 ) - 50.0;
    sign = signumf( x );
    console.log( 'signum(%d) = %d', x, sign );
}

</script>
</body>
</html>

See Also


Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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