NAME
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csng - convert to single-precision
SYNOPSIS
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v =
csng(NumExpr)
DESCRIPTION
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Csng
converts the value specified by its argument into single-precision
and returns the result.
The argument may be any numeric expression.
EXAMPLE
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The program
a# = 831.6431667#
print a#; csng(a#)
produces
831.6431667000002 831.6432
The value of the double-precision variable a# is rounded at the seventh
digit by
csng
during the conversion to single-precision.
SEE ALSO
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cint, cdbl
USAGE NOTES
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The actual number of digits in the fractional part of the result depends
on the hardware floating-point implementation of the system.
from
The Basmark QuickBASIC Programmer’s Manual
by
Lawrence Leinweber