Fix

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Fix

Returns the integer part of a number, rounding towards zero

Syntax

Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As Single ) As Single Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As Double ) As Double Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As Integer ) As Integer Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As UInteger ) As UInteger Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As LongInt ) As LongInt Declare Function Fix ( ByVal number As ULongInt ) As ULongInt

Usage

result = Fix( number )

Parameters

number

the floating-point number to truncate

Return Value

Returns the integer part of number, rounding towards zero.

Description

Equivalent to: Sgn(number) * Int(Abs(number)). For example, Fix(1.3) will return 1.0, and Fix(-4.9) will return -4.0. For integer types, the number is returned unchanged.

Note: this function is also equivalent to number - Frac(number).

The Fix unary Operator can be overloaded with user defined types.

Example

Print Fix(1.9) '' will print 1 Print Fix(-1.9) '' will print -1

Dialect Differences

In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB

None