From: je@bton.ac.uk (John English)
Subject: Re: Integer truncation and other recipes
Date: 1996/06/04
Date: 1996-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DsGC9A.4KD@bton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.96May22221027@organon.com
Jon S Anthony (jsa@organon.com) wrote:
: In article <4nv3tmINNql5@oasys.dt.navy.mil> shedlars@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Paul S
: > In Ada, how do you convert from a real to an integer by truncation?
: > That is, how would you convert a value such as 1.9 to 1?
: Go to index and find entry:
: Truncation attribute
Fine for floating point types, but you're out of luck if you want to truncate
*fixed point* types, for which the 'Truncation attribute isn't available...
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1996-05-22 0:00 Integer truncation and other recipes Paul Shedlarski
1996-05-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-04 0:00 ` John English [this message]
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-06-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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