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### 4.5 Testing the Sign of Numbers

— Macro: GSL_SIGN (x)

> This macro returns the sign of x. It is defined as `((x) >= 0 ? 1 : -1)`. Note that with this definition the sign of zero is positive (regardless of its ieee sign bit).

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