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Decimal::GetTypeCode Method ()

 

Returns the TypeCode for value type Decimal.

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

public:
virtual TypeCode GetTypeCode() sealed

Return Value

Type: System::TypeCode

The enumerated constant TypeCode::Decimal.

The following code example uses the GetTypeCode method to return the type code for Decimal value type.

// Example of the Decimal::GetTypeCode method. 
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of the "
   "Decimal::GetTypeCode( ) \nmethod "
   "generates the following output.\n" );

   // Create a Decimal object and get its type code.
   Decimal aDecimal = Decimal(1.0);
   TypeCode typCode = aDecimal.GetTypeCode();
   Console::WriteLine( "Type Code:      \"{0}\"", typCode );
   Console::WriteLine( "Numeric value:  {0}", (int)typCode );
}

/*
This example of the Decimal::GetTypeCode( )
method generates the following output.

Type Code:      "Decimal"
Numeric value:  15
*/

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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