Math.sign()

ℹ️ Use to detect whether a number is positive, negative, or zero.

Description

Math.sign() function returns the sign of the value, indicating whether a number is positive, negative, or zero. It the following values:

• 1 - for positive numbers

• -1 - for negative numbers

• 0 - for positive zero

• -0 - for negative zero

• NaN - in all other cases

The argument passed to this function will be converted to number type implicitly.

Example

Math.sign(3); //-> 1
Math.sign(Infinity); //-> 1
Math.sign(-Infinity); //-> -1
Math.sign(-1000); //-> -1
Math.sign(0); //-> 0
Math.sign(-0); //-> -0
Math.sign(NaN); //-> NaN
Math.sign('foo'); //-> NaN
Math.sign(); //-> NaN