Mark Wickens

FRAC

Purpose

Returns the fractional part of the argument.

Format

FIX         (argument)
             └──┬───┘ 
       Numeric expression

*The parenthesis enclosing the argument can be omitted when the argument is a numeric value of variable.

Example

FRAC(3.14)

Parameters

argument: Numeric expression

Explanation

1. Returns the fractional part of the argument.
2. The sign (±) of the value is the same as that for the argument.

Sample Program

10  FOR I=1 TO 10
20  N = RAN# * 10
30  LPRINT "FRAC(";N;")=";FRAC N
40  NEXT I
50  END

Isolates fractional parts of random values and outputs results to the printer.