scale

Variable

scale - Controls digits displayed after decimal for floating point values

Description

When display floating point values, ${scale} determines how many of the total ${precision} digits are used to represent values following the decimal place. For example:

Actual Value  Precision Scale      Displayed Value
------------  --------- ---------- ---------------
   1.2345678          5          2            1.23
   1.2345678          5          3           1.234
   1.2345678          5          4          1.2345

This property only applies to types of real, float, double and Oracle NUMERIC (with no precision or scale specified).

See also

precision