CInt Function

Description

Converts an expression to an Integer.

Syntax

CInt(expression)

The expression argument is any valid numeric or string expression.

Remarks

In general, you can document your code using the data type conversion functions to show that the result of some operation should be expressed as a particular data type rather than the default data type. For example, use CInt or CLng to force integer arithmetic in cases where currency, single-precision, or double-precision arithmetic normally would occur.

You should use the CInt function instead of Val to provide internationally-aware conversions from any other data type to an Integer. For example, different decimal separators are properly recognized depending on the locale setting of your system, as are different thousand separators.

If expression lies outside the acceptable range for the Integer data type, an error occurs.

Note

CInt differs from the Fix and Int functions that truncate, rather than round, the fractional part of a number. When the fractional part is exactly 0.5, the CInt function always rounds it to the nearest even number. For example, 0.5 rounds to 0, and 1.5 rounds to 2.

See Also

Data Type Summary, Int Function.

Example

This example uses the CInt function to convert a value to an Integer.


MyDouble = 2345.5678    ' MyDouble is a Double.
MyInt = CInt(MyDouble)    ' MyInt contains 2346.