github.com/Ilhicas/nomad@v1.0.4-0.20210304152020-e86851182bc3/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/numeric/signum.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: signum - Functions - Configuration Language 4 sidebar_title: signum 5 description: The signum function determines the sign of a number. 6 --- 7 8 # `signum` Function 9 10 `signum` determines the sign of a number, returning a number between -1 and 11 1 to represent the sign. 12 13 ## Examples 14 15 ```shell-session 16 > signum(-13) 17 -1 18 > signum(0) 19 0 20 > signum(344) 21 1 22 ```