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Return a decimal value with the magnitude of the specifed `x` and the sign of the specified `y`&period; If `x` is NaN, then NaN with the sign of `y` is returned&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimalutil&period;h&gt;`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32]
copySign(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] x,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] y);
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== Description

Examples&colon; `copySign( 5&period;0, &hyphen;2&period;0)` &equals;&equals;&gt; &hyphen;5&period;0&semi; `copySign(&hyphen;5&period;0, &hyphen;2&period;0)` &equals;&equals;&gt; 5&period;0


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