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<h3 class="section">8.223 <code>SIGN</code> &mdash; Sign copying function</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:<dd><code>SIGN(A,B)</code> returns the value of <var>A</var> with the sign of <var>B</var>.
<br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 77 and later
<br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Elemental function
<br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = SIGN(A, B)</code>
<br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>A</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of type <code>INTEGER</code> or <code>REAL</code>
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>B</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of the same type and kind as <var>A</var>
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<br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>The kind of the return value is that of <var>A</var> and <var>B</var>.
If B\ge 0 then the result is <code>ABS(A)</code>, else
it is <code>-ABS(A)</code>.
<br><dt><em>Example</em>:<dd>
<pre class="smallexample"> program test_sign
print *, sign(-12,1)
print *, sign(-12,0)
print *, sign(-12,-1)
print *, sign(-12.,1.)
print *, sign(-12.,0.)
print *, sign(-12.,-1.)
end program test_sign
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<br><dt><em>Specific names</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%">Name </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Arguments </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Return type </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Standard
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>SIGN(A,B)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(4) A, B</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">f77, gnu
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>ISIGN(A,B)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4) A, B</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">f77, gnu
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>DSIGN(A,B)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(8) A, B</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(8)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">f77, gnu
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