Orri Ganel wrote:
> Rinzwind wrote:
>
>> In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0, +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0.
> Well, the cmp() function does this if you compare the number to 0:
>
> >>> cmp(-34,0)
> -1
> >>> cmp(0,0)
> 0
> >>> cmp(23,0)
One caution: this behaviour doesn't seem to be required, the docs allow
any positive or negative integer:
cmp( x, y)
Compare the two objects x and y and return an integer according to
the outcome. The return value is negative if x < y, zero if x == y and
strictly positive if x > y.
So this behaviour might differ between Python versions.
Kent
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