What is the Decimal.ToSingle() method in C#?

Overview

The Decimal.ToSingle() method converts a specified decimal value to its equivalent single-precision, floating-point number.

Syntax

public static float ToSingle (decimal d);

Parameters

d: This is the decimal number that we want to convert to a single-precision, floating-point number.

Return value

The value returned is a single-precision, floating-point number that is equivalent to the value of d given in the syntax above.

Code example

// use System
using System;
// create class
class DecimalToSingle
{
    // main method
    static void Main()
    {
      // create decimal
      decimal d1 = 34.222m;
      decimal d2 = 8.9999m;
      decimal d3 = -5.8m;
      // convert to Single
      // and print value
      Console.WriteLine("Value : {0}, type: {1}", 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d1), 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d1).GetType());
      Console.WriteLine("Value : {0}, type: {1}", 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d2), 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d2).GetType());
      Console.WriteLine("Value : {0}, type: {1}", 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d3), 
                          Decimal.ToSingle(d2).GetType());
    }
}

Code explanation

  • Lines 10–12: We create some decimal variables, d1, d2, and d3, and initialize them with decimal values.
  • Lines 16–24: We print the results of converting d1, d2, and d3 and the value that is returned. We also print the instance type by using the GetType() method.
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