SHIP:Sail:dtof

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
dtof	Integer	v5.1.0	Explicitly casts an Double to a Float

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail Numeric Functions
• abs, ceil, floor, ftoi, max, min, round

Prototype

Float dtof(Double n);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
n	Double	the number to cast
Return	Float	the floating point version of the supplied number

Detailed Description

The dtof() function explicitly casts the supplied Double to an Float. You may want to use this in mathematical expressions around items so that the expression evaluation is moved into the floating point domain. For example:

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
dtof(-5);	-5.0
dtof(5);	5.0