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

  The REAL function converts a numeric or string expression to  a  specified
  or default floating-point data type.

  Example

  A = REAL(3.2, DOUBLE)

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