BigInteger Explicit Conversion (BigInteger to Decimal)

.NET Framework (current version)

Defines an explicit conversion of a BigInteger object to a Decimal value.

Namespace: System.Numerics
Assembly: System.Numerics (in System.Numerics.dll)

Syntax

public:
static explicit operator Decimal (
	BigInteger value
)

Parameters

value: Type: System.Numerics::BigInteger
The value to convert to a Decimal.

Return Value

Type: System::Decimal

An object that contains the value of the value parameter.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
OverflowException	value is less than Decimal::MinValue. -or- value is greater than Decimal::MaxValue.

The overloads of the Explicit(Decimal to BigInteger) method define the types to which or from which a BigInteger object can be converted. Language compilers do not perform this conversion automatically because it can involve data loss. Instead, they perform the conversion only if a casting operator (in C#) or a conversion function (such as CType or CDec in Visual Basic) is used.

Because this operation defines a narrowing conversion, it can throw an OverflowException at run time if the BigInteger value is outside the range of the Decimal data type.

Examples

The following example illustrates the conversion of BigInteger to Decimal values. It also handles an OverflowException that is thrown because the BigInteger value is outside the range of the Decimal data type.

C++

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Version Information

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1