RWDecimalBase Class Reference
[Miscellaneous, Decimal Numbers]

Base class for the family of Rogue Wave decimal classes. More...

#include <rw/tools/decbase.h>

Inheritance diagram for RWDecimalBase:

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	RoundingMethod {   PLAIN, UP, DOWN, BANKERS,   TRUNCATE }
enum	Op {   assign, add, sub, mult,   div, powop, pow10op, conversion }

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Detailed Description

The base class for the different RWDecimal classes. This class provides the definition of enums used in the derived classes and in the related classes RWDecimalInexactErr and RWDecimalOverflowErr.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum RWDecimalBase::Op

An enumeration defining the operation that caused the error handler to be called.

See also:

RWDecimalInexactErr and RWDecimalOverflowErr.

Enumerator:

assign
add
sub
mult
div
powop
pow10op
conversion

enum RWDecimalBase::RoundingMethod

Rounding methods used by RWDecimalPortable::round()

The following table shows the results of the different rounding methods.

Method	1.25	1.35	1.251
PLAIN	1.2	1.3	1.2
UP	1.3	1.4	1.3
DOWN	1.2	1.3	1.2
TRUNCATE	1.2	1.3	1.2
BANKERS	1.2	1.4	1.3

Enumerator:

PLAIN	Round up on a tie.
UP	Always round up.
DOWN	Always round down.
BANKERS	On a tie, round so that last digit is even.
TRUNCATE	Same as DOWN.