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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build powerful, robust, and scalable extensions customized for your business requirements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236414
Length 466 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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Natalie Karolak Natalie Karolak
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Central 2. Chapter 2: Tables FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Data Types and Table Fields 4. Chapter 4: Pages – The Interactive Interface 5. Chapter 5: Reports and Queries 6. Chapter 6: Introduction to AL 7. Chapter 7: Intermediate AL 8. Chapter 8: Extensibility beyond AL 9. Index 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Data conversion and formatting methods

Some data-type conversions are handled in the normal process flow by AL without any particular attention on the part of the developer, such as code to text and character to text. Some data-type conversions can only be handled through AL methods. Formatting is included because it can also include a data type conversion. Rounding does not do a data type conversion, but it does result in a change in format (the number of decimal places). Let’s review the following methods:

  • Round method
  • Format method
  • Evaluate method

Round method

The Round method allows us to control the rounding precision for a decimal expression. The syntax for the Round function is as follows:

DecimalResult := Round(Number[, Precision][, Direction]);

Here, Number is rounded, Precision spells out the number of digits of decimal precision, and Direction indicates whether to round up, down, or to the nearest number. Some examples of Precision values...

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