[#BloombergLP-bslfmt-FormatSpecificationParser-sign] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt.adoc[bslfmt]::xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/FormatSpecificationParser.adoc[FormatSpecificationParser]::sign :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the stored sign value. If `parse` has not previously been called throw a `format_error` exception. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslfmt_formatspecificationparser.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- constexpr xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/FormatSpecificationParserEnums/Sign.adoc[FormatSpecificationParser<t_CHAR>::Sign] sign() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#