[#BloombergLP-bdldfp-Decimal_FormatterSpecification-sign] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp.adoc[bdldfp]::xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal_FormatterSpecification.adoc[Decimal_FormatterSpecification]::sign :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the enumerator representing the requested sign‐treatment option unless the status is not at least `e_STATE_PARSED` in which case throw a `bsl::format_error` exception indicating that error. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdldfp_decimal.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- constexpr Decimal_FormatterSpecification<t_CHAR>::Parser::Sign sign() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#