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Oracle FLOOR() function

Description

The FLOOR() function returns the largest integer value not greater than a number specified as an argument.
The function takes any numeric or nonnumeric data type (can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type) as an argument.

Syntax :

FLOOR(N)

Parameters:

Name Description
N A number.

The function returns the same data type as the numeric data type of the argument.

Pictorial Presentation of FLOOR() function

Pictorial Presentation of Oracle FLOOR() function

Example

The statement below returns 4 which is the largest integer value of given number (4.93) as specified in the argument.

SELECT FLOOR(4.93) FROM dual;

Here is the result.

FLOOR(4.93)
-----------
          4

Example: FLOOR() with negative value

The above MySQL statement return -5 which is not the largest integer value of given number (-4.93) as specified in the argument.

SELECT FLOOR(-4.93) FROM dual;

Here is the result.

FLOOR(-4.93)
------------
          -5

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