Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Language Reference


INTEGER

The INTEGER function returns the greatest integer value that is less than or equal to the argument specified.

The function type is integer.

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Format

>>-FUNCTION INTEGER--(--argument-1--)--------------------------><

argument-1
Must be class numeric.

The returned value is the greatest integer less than or equal to the value of argument-1. For example, FUNCTION INTEGER (2.5) returns a value of 2 and FUNCTION INTEGER (-2.5) returns a value of -3.


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