Decimal Narrowing Conversion (Decimal to Single)
Defines an explicit conversion of a Decimal to a single-precision floating-point number.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
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Type:
System.Decimal
The value to convert.
Return Value
Type: System.SingleA single-precision floating-point number that represents the converted Decimal.
This operation can result in a loss of precision, because a single-precision floating-point number has fewer significant digits than a Decimal.
This operator supports the explicit conversion of a Decimal to a Single. The syntax for such explicit conversions is language-dependent, and individual language compilers can provide different implementations and return different results. The example illustrates the different return values when you explicitly convert a Decimal value to a Single value by using C# and Visual Basic. To perform a conversion that is independent of language, you can call the ToSingle or the Convert.ToSingle(Decimal) method.
The following example converts Decimal numbers to Single values by using the explicit Decimal to Single conversion.
Module Example Public Sub Main( ) ' Define an array of Decimal values. Dim values() As Decimal= { 0.0000000000000000000000000001d, 0.0000000000123456789123456789d, 123d, New Decimal(123000000, 0, 0, False, 6), 123456789.123456789d, 123456789123456789123456789d, Decimal.MinValue, Decimal.MaxValue } For Each value In values Dim dblValue As Single = CSng(value) Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1}) --> {2} ({3})", value, value.GetType().Name, dblValue, dblValue.GetType().Name) Next End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' 0.0000000000000000000000000001 (Decimal) --> 1E-28 (Single) ' 0.0000000000123456789123456789 (Decimal) --> 1.234568E-11 (Single) ' 123 (Decimal) --> 123 (Single) ' 123.000000 (Decimal) --> 123 (Single) ' 123456789.123456789 (Decimal) --> 1.234568E+08 (Single) ' 123456789123456789123456789 (Decimal) --> 1.234568E+26 (Single) ' -79228162514264337593543950335 (Decimal) --> -7.922816E+28 (Single) ' 79228162514264337593543950335 (Decimal) --> 7.922816E+28 (Single)
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1