Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
REAL_TO_INT
REAL into INTEGER
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PLC types
Availability of REAL_TO_INT (see page 1330)
Data type I/O Function
REAL input input data type
INT output conversion result
This example uses variables. You can also use a constant for the input variable.
Description
REAL_TO_INT converts a value of the data type REAL into a value of the data type INTEGER.
Data types
Example
In this example, the same POU header is used for all programming languages. For an example
using IL (instruction list), please refer to the online help.
POU header
All input and output variables used for programming this function have been declared in the POU
header.
Body
REAL_value of the data type REAL is converted into a value of the data type INTEGER. The
converted value is stored in INT_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
INT_value:= REAL_TO_INT(REAL_value);