checking a decimal value is negative or not

[Former Member]

Hi,

Iam having a value 25000.00- in a variable called sum1.

which is a negative value.

i want to check whether it is a negative value or not.

i tried like

if sum1 LT 0.

statement.

else.

statement.

but this is not working, can anyone help me in this.

Thanks,

Rose.

[Former Member]

Hi

Check whether the data type is of P or not if it is char then your code wont work convert it and use

Regards

Shiva

[Former Member]

you can also use the following math functions

abs -Absolute value of the argument arg

sign- Plus/minus sign of the argument arg: -1, if the value of arg is negative; 0 if the value of arg is 0; 1 if the value of arg is positive.

ceil -Smallest integer number that is not smaller than the value of the argument arg.

floor- Largest integer number that is not larger than the value of the argument arg.

trunc- Value of the integer part of the argument arg

frac- Value of the decimal places of the argument arg

acos -Arcuscosinus -1,1

asin- Arcussinus -1,1

atan- Arcustangens

cos- Cosinus

sin- Sinus

tan- Tangens

cosh- Hyperbelcosinus

sinh -Hyperbelsinus

tanh -Hyperbeltangens

exp -Exponential function for basis e -709, 710

log -Natural logarithm > 0

log10 -Logarithm for basis 10 > 0

sqrt -Square root

[Former Member]

Hi camilla,

for displaying you can use

&symbol(<)& Display Leading Sign to the Left

&symbol(>)& Display Leading Sign to the Right