Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the given numeric expression.

Syntax

FLOOR ( numeric_expression )

Arguments

numeric_expression

Is an expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category, except for the bit data type.

Return Types

Returns the same type as numeric_expression.

Examples

This example shows positive numeric, negative numeric, and currency values with the FLOOR function.

SELECT FLOOR(123.45), FLOOR(-123.45), FLOOR($123.45)

The result is the integer portion of the calculated value in the same data type as numeric_expression.

---------      ---------     -----------
123            -124          123.0000   

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