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  The sign condition determines if the algebraic value of an arithmetic
  expression is less than, greater than, or equal to zero.
  Format -
                                    { POSITIVE }
   arithmetic-expression IS [ NOT ] { NEGATIVE }
                                    { ZERO     }
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