SHIP:Sail:itod

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

See Also:

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

Prototype

Double itod(Integer n);

Parameters/Return Value

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

Detailed Description

The itod() function explicitly casts the supplied Integer to a Double. You may want to use this in mathematical expressions around items so that the expression evaluation is moved into the double precision floating point domain.

Examples

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