decimal function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Casts the value expr to DECIMAL. This function is a synonym for CAST(expr AS decimal(10, 0)). See cast function for details.

Syntax

decimal(expr)

Arguments

• expr: An expression that can be cast to DECIMAL.

Returns

The result is DECIMAL(10, 0).

Examples

> SELECT decimal('5.2');
 5

Related functions

• cast function