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SET DECIMALS

Defines the number of decimal places for displaying numeric values on the screen.

Syntax

SET DECIMALS TO [<nDecimals>]

Arguments

<nDecimals>

This is a numeric value specifying the number of decimal places for screen output of numbers. The default value is 2. If <nDecimals> is omitted, the number of decimal places is set to zero.

Description

SET DECIMALS defines the number of decimal places for the display of numbers in text-mode applications. Note that the command affects only the display and not the accuracy of calculations with numeric values. If a number has more decimal places than <nDecimal>, the number is rounded for display.

Note:  to activate a fixed number of decimal places for screen display, SET FIXED must be set to ON.

Info

See also:	@...GET, @...SAY, SET FIXED, Set(), Str(), Transform()
Category:	Output commands , SET commands
Source:	rtl\set.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll