toDecimal

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Overview

The toDecimal function takes an expression as an argument, and returns a decimal value.;

Return Type

  • DECIMAL

Syntax

<variable>=<expression>.toDecimal();

(OR)

<variable>=toDecimal(<expression>);

where,

ParameterData typeDescription
<variable>DECIMALVariable which will contain the converted decimal value.
<expression>DECIMAL/NUMBER/TEXT

The expression which will be returned in decimal format.

Empty texts will throw an error during runtime.

Text should contain only numerical values.

Examples

 marks=99.9;
 marks_text="100";

 info toDecimal(marks);// Returns 99.9
 infotoDecimal(marks_text);// Returns 100