Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
DINT_TO_REAL
DOUBLE INTEGER into REAL
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PLC types Availability of DINT_TO_REAL (see page 1319)
Data type I/O Function
DINT input input data type
REAL output conversion result
Description
DINT_TO_REAL converts a value of the data type DOUBLE INTEGER into a value of the data type
REAL.
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.
This example uses variables. You may also use a constant for the input variable
Body
DINT_value of the data type DOUBLE INTEGER is converted into a value of the data type REAL.
The converted value is stored in REAL_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
REAL_value:=DINT_TO_REAL(DINT_value);