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instance method

BigDecimal#sign

sign

ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
BigDecimal_sign(VALUE self)
{ /* sign */
    int s = GetVpValue(self, 1)->sign;
    return INT2FIX(s);
}

Returns the sign of the value.

Returns a positive value if > 0, a negative value if < 0, and a zero if == 0.

The specific value returned indicates the type and sign of the BigDecimal, as follows:

See also #scale #split #round #sqrt also in 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0