github.com/rstandt/terraform@v0.12.32-0.20230710220336-b1063613405c/website/docs/configuration/functions/signum.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "functions" 3 page_title: "signum - Functions - Configuration Language" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-numeric-signum" 5 description: |- 6 The signum function determines the sign of a number. 7 --- 8 9 # `signum` Function 10 11 -> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and 12 earlier, see 13 [0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html). 14 15 `signum` determines the sign of a number, returning a number between -1 and 16 1 to represent the sign. 17 18 ## Examples 19 20 ``` 21 > signum(-13) 22 -1 23 > signum(0) 24 0 25 > signum(344) 26 1 27 ```