Library /sys$common/syshlp/basichelp.hlb DECIMAL  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The DECIMAL function converts  a  numeric  or  string  expression  to  the
  DECIMAL data type.

  Example

  A = DECIMAL ("3.20", 8, 2)

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