Parent topic: Literals
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Decimal literals

Decimal literals define numeric value with a decimal part in an expression.

Syntax

[+|-] digit[...] . digit[...] [ {e|E} [+|-] digit[...] ]
  1. digit is a digit character from '0' to '9'.
  2. Note that the decimal separator is always a dot, independently from DBMONEY.
  3. The E notation can be used to specify the exponent.

Usage

Decimal literals in base-10 notation, without blank spaces and commas, with a decimal part after a dot.

Decimal literals can be used to specify values for DECIMAL(P,S), MONEY(P,S), FLOAT and SMALLFLOAT data types.

MAIN
  DEFINE n DECIMAL(10,2)
  LET n = 12345.67
  LET n = -1.23456e-10
END MAIN
Related concepts
Numeric expressions
DECIMAL(p,s)
MONEY(p,s)
FLOAT
SMALLFLOAT
Parent topic: Literals