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VBA, true to its BASIC roots, provides a function to return the integer value of an expression. This means that anything to the right of the decimal point is truncated. Thus, if a formula would normally result in a value such as 18.73, then the integer value of that formula would result in 18.
The syntax for the integer function is as follows:
x = Int(y)
where x is the result and y is a value or an expression that evaluates to a value.
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2020-07-25 10:14:17
Alex B
The above only covers positive numbers. In the case of negative numbers it does not “truncate” the decimal point, it returns the first negative integer less than or equal to the number.
So while (positive) 18.73 returns 18
(negative) -18.73 returns -19
If you really want both to truncate the decimal, use the Fix function.
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