Decimal Value Type
Overview
The Decimal value type is appropriate for financial calculations requiring large numbers of significant integral and fractional digits and no round-off errors. The Decimal type does not eliminate the need for rounding. Rather, it minimizes errors due to rounding.
For more information refer to the Decimal Structure topic in MSDN.
Definition
A Decimal value type is defined in the following manner:
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[ws][sign][integral-digits[,]]integral-digits[.[fractional-digits]}|.fractional-digits[ws]| Item | Behaviour | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ws | Optional | White space. |
| sign | Optional | Minus sign indicating a negative Decimal value. |
| integral-digits | Required if fractional-digits is not present | A series of digits ranging from 0 to 9 that specify the integral part of the number. Runs of integral-digits can be partitioned by a group-separator symbol. |
| , | Optional | A culture-specific thousands separator symbol. |
| . | Optional | A culture-specific decimal point symbol. |
| fractional-digits | Optional | A series of digits ranging from 0 to 9 that specify the fractional part of the number. |
Predefined values
The following is a list of predefined Decimal values:
| Default value | 0 |
| Minimum value | -79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 |
| Maximum value | 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 |
For more information refer to the Decimal.Parse Method topic in MSDN.