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Dec

Dec ( number ) -> Function result

ParameterTypeDescription
numberReal🡒Number whose decimal portion is returned
Function resultReal🡐Decimal part of number

Description

Dec returns the decimal (fractional) portion of number.The value returned is always positive or zero.

Example

The following example takes a monetary value expressed as a real number, and extracts the dollar part and the cents part. If vrAmount is 7.31, then vlDollars is set to 7 and vlCents is set to 31:

 vlDollars:=Int(vrAmount) // Get the dollars
 vlCents:=Dec(vrAmount)*100 // Get the fractional part

See also

Int