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floor(+Number, -Result)
Unifies Result with the greatest integral value that is less or equal than
Number and of the same numeric type as Number.
- Number
- A number.
- Result
- A variable or number.
Description
This predicate is used by the ECLiPSe compiler to expand evaluable
arithmetic expressions. So the call to floor(Number, Result) is
equivalent to
Result is floor(Number)
which should be preferred for portability.
This operation works on all numeric types. The result value is the
largest integral value that is smaller that Number (rounding down
towards minus infinity).
The result type is the same as the argument type. To convert the
type to integer, use integer/2.
In coroutining mode, if Number is uninstantiated, the call to floor/2
is delayed until this variable is instantiated.
Modes and Determinism
Exceptions
- (4) instantiation fault
- Number is not instantiated (non-coroutining mode only).
- (5) type error
- Result and Number are numbers of different types.
- (24) number expected
- Number is not of a numeric type.
- (24) number expected
- Result is neither a number nor a variable.
Examples
Success:
floor(1.8, 1.0).
floor(-1.8, -2.0).
floor(5, 5).
floor(-6.4, Result). (gives Result = -7.0)
Fail:
floor(1.0, 0.0).
Error:
floor(A, 6.0). (Error 4).
floor(0.5, 0). (Error 5).
floor(1, r). (Error 24).
floor(4 + 2.3, 6.0). (Error 24).
See Also
is / 2, ceiling / 2, round / 2, truncate / 2, integer / 2