#!/usr/local/bin/python
# coding: iso-8859-1
# Copyright © 2008 by Amos Newcombe
# 
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
# 
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
# 
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

def sign(x):
	if   x < 0: return -1
	elif 0 < x: return +1
	else      : return  0