2008/8/20 johnewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to figure out how to test if two numbers are of the same > sign (both positive or both negative). I have tried > > abs(x) / x == abs(y) / y > > but that fails when one of the numbers is 0. I'm sure that there is > an easy way to do this. Any suggestions? > > Thanks > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > What about a straightforward approach like:
(a < 0 and b < 0) or (a >= 0 and b >= 0) Probably there are some more sophisticated/elegant ... ones. Vlasta
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