Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
REAL_TO_DWORD
REAL into DOUBLE WORD
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PLC types Availability of REAL_TO_DWORD (see page 1330)
Data type I/O Function
REAL Input input data type
DWORD Output conversion result
Description
REAL_TO_DWORD moves bitset information of a REAL variable to a DWORD variable. The same
functionality can be obtained using DWORD_OVERLAPPING_DUT.
Data types
Example
In this example the function has been programmed in ladder diagram (LD) and structured text (ST).
POU header
All input and output variables used for programming this function have been declared in the POU
header.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
DWORD_value := REAL_TO_DWORD(REAL_value);