SHIP:Sail:ftol

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
ftol	Long	v5.1.0	Casts a Float to a Long

See Also:

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

Prototype

Long ftol(Float n);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
n	Float	the number to find the ceiling value of
Return	Long	the integer portion of the supplied number

Detailed Description

The ftol() function returns the returns the integer portion of the supplied floating point number. Note this is a truncating conversion (as in Java and C), not a rounding conversion. Often, you'll want to use rounding as well, for example ftol(round(x)).

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
ftol(-5.1f);	-5
ftol(5.2f);	5