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DecimalMinValue

Returns the most negative value a Decimal can hold.

Syntax

DecimalMinValue( )

Examples

#import "std/money"
using money

'' -(2^96-1) at scale 0 -- the most negative value the type holds.  The
'' range is SYMMETRIC, unlike a two's-complement integer, because the sign
'' is a separate bit rather than part of the magnitude
print DecimalMinValue( ).ToString( )
'' -79228162514264337593543950335

print ( DecimalMaxValue( ) + DecimalMinValue( ) ).IsZero( )   '' true
print DecimalMinValue( ).AbsValue( ) = DecimalMaxValue( )     '' true

'' which is why AbsValue( ) can never overflow here, where Currency's and
'' every integer type's can

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Library: Finance
Category: Finance
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