<html lang="en"> <head> <title>SIGN - The GNU Fortran Compiler</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="The GNU Fortran Compiler"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures" title="Intrinsic Procedures"> <link rel="prev" href="SHIFTR.html#SHIFTR" title="SHIFTR"> <link rel="next" href="SIGNAL.html#SIGNAL" title="SIGNAL"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being ``Funding Free Software'', the Front-Cover Texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. (a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is: A GNU Manual (b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="SIGN"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="SIGNAL.html#SIGNAL">SIGNAL</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="SHIFTR.html#SHIFTR">SHIFTR</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures">Intrinsic Procedures</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">8.219 <code>SIGN</code> — Sign copying function</h3> <p><a name="index-SIGN-996"></a><a name="index-ISIGN-997"></a><a name="index-DSIGN-998"></a><a name="index-sign-copying-999"></a> <dl> <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> <br></td></tr></table> <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 </pre> <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 <br></td></tr></table> </dl> </body></html>