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Decimal Explicit Conversion (Double to Decimal)

 

Defines an explicit conversion of a double-precision floating-point number to a Decimal.

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

public:
static explicit operator Decimal (
	double value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::Double

The double-precision floating-point number to convert.

Return Value

Type: System::Decimal

The converted double-precision floating point number.

Exception Condition
OverflowException

The following example converts Double values to Decimal numbers by using the Double to Decimal conversion. This conversion requires the op_Explicit operator in Visual Basic.

// Example of the explicit conversion from double to Decimal.
using namespace System;
#define formatter "{0,25:E16}{1,33}"

// Get the exception type name; remove the namespace prefix.
String^ GetExceptionType( Exception^ ex )
{
   String^ exceptionType = ex->GetType()->ToString();
   return exceptionType->Substring( exceptionType->LastIndexOf( '.' ) + 1 );
}


// Convert the double argument; catch exceptions that are thrown.
void DecimalFromDouble( double argument )
{
   Object^ decValue;

   // Convert the double argument to a Decimal value.
   try
   {
      decValue = (Decimal)argument;
   }
   catch ( Exception^ ex ) 
   {
      decValue = GetExceptionType( ex );
   }

   Console::WriteLine( formatter, argument, decValue );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of the explicit conversion from double "
   "to Decimal \ngenerates the following output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( formatter, "double argument", "Decimal value" );
   Console::WriteLine( formatter, "---------------", "-------------" );

   // Convert double values and display the results.
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.234567890123E-30 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.2345678901234E-25 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.23456789012345E-20 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.234567890123456E-10 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.2345678901234567 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.23456789012345678E+12 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.234567890123456789E+28 );
   DecimalFromDouble( 1.234567890123456789E+30 );
}

/*
This example of the explicit conversion from double to Decimal
generates the following output.

          double argument                    Decimal value
          ---------------                    -------------
  1.2345678901230000E-030                                0
  1.2345678901233999E-025   0.0000000000000000000000001235
  1.2345678901234499E-020   0.0000000000000000000123456789
  1.2345678901234560E-010       0.000000000123456789012346
  1.2345678901234567E+000                 1.23456789012346
  1.2345678901234568E+012                 1234567890123.46
  1.2345678901234568E+028    12345678901234600000000000000
  1.2345678901234569E+030                OverflowException
*/

Universal Windows Platform
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
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