Java tutorial
import java.math.BigDecimal; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * */ public class Main { /** * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a> * for float value <code>x</code>. * <p> * For a float value x, this method returns +1.0F if x > 0, 0.0F if x = * 0.0F, and -1.0F if x < 0. Returns <code>NaN</code> if <code>x</code> * is <code>NaN</code>.</p> * * @param x the value, a float * @return +1.0F, 0.0F, or -1.0F, depending on the sign of x */ public static float sign(final float x) { if (Float.isNaN(x)) { return Float.NaN; } return (x == 0.0F) ? 0.0F : (x > 0.0F) ? 1.0F : -1.0F; } }