# \#negative-zero

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## [Negative zeros and sorting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/negative-zeros-and-sorting/85252)

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**Author:** [@Gus\_Hart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gus_Hart)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/negative-zeros-and-sorting/85252 "2022-08-03T20:04:43Z")

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Negative zeros are equivalent to positive zeros, and yet in sorting the negatives come before positives. This behavior caused a very subtle bug in a function I wrote to compare clusters of points. I’m wondering if there …