real/2 or float/2—convert a numeric value to a real value - Documentation for BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management 10.5

The real/2 or float/2 primitive converts a numeric value to a real value.

$REALVAL=real($NUMBER)
$REALVAL=float($NUMBER)

real/2 or float/2 arguments

Argument	Mode	Type	Description
`$NUMBER`	Input	INTEGER\|REAL	Specifies the numeric (integer or real) value to be converted to a real (floating point) value
`$REALVAL`	Output	REAL	The conversion result, returned as a real (floating point) value

Use real/2 or float/2 to convert a numeric value to a real (floating point) value returned in $REALVAL.

real/2 or float/2 example

$DEV = ( $AVERAGE_DURATION - real($E.duration) ) ^ 2;