


Fix
Purpose
Return the integer portion of a number.
Arguments
Fix( number )
Notes
The argument number can be any valid numeric expression. Fix removes the fractional part of number and returns the resulting integer value. If the number is negative, Fix returns the first negative integer greater than or equal to number. See Int.
The data type of the return value is the same as that of the number argument.
However, if number is a Variant of VarType 8 (String) that can be converted to
a number, the return type will be a Variant of VarType 5 (Double). If the
numeric expression results in a Null, Int returns a Null.
The difference between
Int and Fix is that if number is negative, Int returns the first negative integer less than or equal to number, whereas Fix returns the first negative integer greater than or equal to number. For
example, Int converts -8.4 to -9, and Fix converts -8.4 to -8.
Fix( number ) is equivalent to:
Sgn( number ) * Int( Abs(number) )