nntpman68 wrote:
johnewing wrote:
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
> Hm,
>
>
> It seems my previous reply got lost.
>
>
> if a*b > 0:
> print "same sign"
> else
> print "different sign"
>
>
Looks good at first, but -5 * 0 == +7 * 0.
~Ethan~
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