text: #include "v3p_f2c.h"
  #ifdef __cplusplus
  extern "C" {
  #endif
  
  #ifdef KR_headers
  shortint h_sign(a,b) shortint *a, *b;
  #else
  shortint h_sign(shortint *a, shortint *b)
  #endif
  {
  shortint x;
  x = (*a >= 0 ? *a : - *a);
  return( *b >= 0 ? x : -x);
  }
  #ifdef __cplusplus
  }
  #endif
  