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Numeric Functions

Table B–5 lists the functions that perform mathematical operations.

Table B–5: Numeric Functions 

Syntax
Input Data
Output Data
In
4GL
ABSOLUTE ( n )
N
N
EXP ( base, exponent )
N, N
N
INTEGER ( expression )1
N
N
LOG ( expression [ , base ] )
N, N
N
NUMERIC ( expression )
C
N
ROUND ( expression, precision )
N, N
N
SPELL-NUMBER ( n )
N
C
SQRT ( expression )
N
N
TRUNCATE ( expression, decimal-places )
N, N
N
  1. Report Builder functionality differs slightly from 4GL functionality.


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