See Also: Declaring Variables, Variable Declaration Commands, Struct, Currency, Number
Declares one or more Decimal variables.
To declare decimal variables
Decimal {identifier} [… {identifier}]
Where
Where {identifier} is the name of a new Decimal variable. The first {identifier} is required.
{identifier} may be between 1 and 4096 characters in length, must start with a letter, and may not contain spaces. Recommended characters are 0-9, a-z, A-Z and _ (underscore).
To declare array variables of type Decimal
Decimal{dimension-list} {identifier} […{identifier}]
Where
{dimension-list} is a list of one or more array dimensions for the array. A dimension list is declared using square brackets []. One pair of brackets is used to declare each dimension. If the array is static, then you must specify the static size of each dimension between each pair of brackets. i.e. [{size}]. For more information about declaring arrays refer to Array Variable Assignments.
{identifier} may be between 1 and 4096 characters in length, must start with a letter, and may not contain spaces. Recommended characters are 0-9, a-z, A-Z and _ (underscore).
The Decimal command declares Decimal variables, in the range of -9999999999999999.9999999999999999 to 9999999999999999.9999999999999999 (-9,999,999,999,999,999.9999999999999999 to 9,999,999,999,999,999.9999999999999999).
Internally, Decimal is a fixed point variable with up to 32 significant digits - 16 to the left of the decimal point and 16 to the right of the decimal point.
The Decimal type is compatible for storing SQL data of the Decimal or Numeric types.
Multiple variables may be declared on one command line, with their names separated from each other by spaces.
Procedure DoTest
Decimal decMyVar
Move 10000.999999999999 To decMyVar
End_Procedure
This example declares one variable of type decimal, named decMyVar, and initializes it.
Decimal[] decSharePrices
This example declares 1 dynamic array variable, named decSharePrices, containing an undefined number of elements of type Decimal.
Decimal[5] decSharePrices
This example declares 1 static array variable, named decSharePrices, containing 5 of elements of type Decimal.
Decimal[][3] decSharePrices
This example creates a two-dimensional dynamic array variable named decSharePrices, containing an undefined number of elements of type Decimal. Conceptually, this represents a rectangular array with an undefined number of rows, each of 3 columns.
You can declare dynamic multi-dimensional arrays where all dimensions are dynamic; these are called jagged arrays.
If you need to define a global Decimal variable, you should use the global_variable command to do so.