Trunc()

Description

FUNCTION: trunc(number)

Returns the value of number after truncating off any fractional value. number may be a floating point number, and an integer result is returned.

Related Topics: fdiv(), floor(), mod(), round().

Examples

> say trunc(5)

You say "5"

> say trunc(5.2)

You say "5"

> say trunc(5.8)

You say "5"

> say trunc(-5)

You say "-5"

> say trunc(-5.2)

You say "-5"

(--Soylent 01:00, 3 December 2005 (EST))