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TRUNC

TRUNC returns a value representing the argument fully truncated (toward zero) or truncated to a specific number of decimal places.

Syntax

TRUNC ( expression [ , places ]

Semantics

 

expression

is an expression of type INTEGER or DOUBLE PRECISION that represents the number to truncate

places

is an expression of type INTEGER specifies the number of decimal places to return

Examples

TRUNC(42.8)

Result: 42

TRUNC(42.4382, 2)

Result: 42.43