Sign of number

# gmp_sign

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

gmp_sign — Sign of number

### Descrierea

gmp_sign ( GMP `$a` ) : int

Checks the sign of a number.

### Parametri

`a`

  Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to an integer.

### Valorile întoarse

Returns 1 if `a` is positive, -1 if `a` is negative, and 0 if `a` is zero.

### Exemple

Example #1 gmp_sign() example

`<?php
// positive
echo gmp_sign("500") . "\n";
// negative
echo gmp_sign("-500") . "\n";
// zero
echo gmp_sign("0") . "\n";
?>`

Exemplul de mai sus va afișa:

    1
    -1
    0

### A se vedea și

- gmp_abs() - Absolute value
- abs() - Absolute value