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Dec

Dec ( number ) : Real

ParameterTypeDescription
numberRealNumber whose decimal portion is returned
Function resultRealDecimal 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