DECIMAL structure

Represents a decimal data type that provides a sign and scale for a number (as in coordinates.)

Decimal variables are stored as 96-bit (12-byte) unsigned integers scaled by a variable power of 10. The power of 10 scaling factor specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point, and ranges from 0 to 28.

Syntax

typedef struct tagDEC {
  USHORT wReserved;
  union {
    struct {
      BYTE scale;
      BYTE sign;
    };
    USHORT signscale;
  };
  ULONG  Hi32;
  union {
    struct {
      ULONG Lo32;
      ULONG Mid32;
    };
    ULONGLONG Lo64;
  };
} DECIMAL;

Members

wReserved

Reserved.

scale

The number of decimal places for the number. Valid values are from 0 to 28. So 12.345 is represented as 12345 with a scale of 3.

sign

Indicates the sign; 0 for positive numbers or DECIMAL_NEG for negative numbers. So -1 is represented as 1 with the DECIMAL_NEG bit set.

signscale

The sign and number of decimal places.

Hi32

The high 32 bits of the number.

Lo32

The low 32 bits of the number.

Mid32

The middle 32 bits of the number.

Lo64

The low 64 bits of the number. This is an _int64.

Requirements