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Number Functions

Number Functions. Review. single-row character functions character case-manipulation functions LOWER, UPPER, INITCAP character-manipulation functions CONCAT, SUBSTR, LENGTH, INSTR LPAD, RPAD TRIM REPLACE. What Will I Learn?. single-row number functions ROUND, TRUNC, and MOD

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Number Functions

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  1. Number Functions

  2. Review • single-row character functions • character case-manipulation functions • LOWER, UPPER, INITCAP • character-manipulation functions • CONCAT, SUBSTR, • LENGTH, INSTR • LPAD, RPAD • TRIM • REPLACE

  3. What Will I Learn? • single-row number functions • ROUND, TRUNC, and MOD • Distinguish between TRUNC and ROUND when they are applied to a numeric value • State the implications for business when applying TRUNC and ROUND to numeric values

  4. Why Learn It? • One of the reasons we put our money in a bank is to take advantage of the interest it accumulates over time. • Banks adjust the interest rate with various economic indicators such as inflation and the stock market. • Typically, interest rates are expressed as a percent such as 3.45%.

  5. Why Learn It? • What if a bank decided to round the percentage rate to 3.5%? Would it be to your advantage? • What if they decided to just drop the decimal values and calculate the interest at 3%, would you be happy then? • Rounding and truncating numbers play an important part in business and in turn with the databases that support these businesses as they store and access numeric data.

  6. number functions • accept numeric input and return numeric values • The three number functions are: • ROUND • TRUNC • MOD

  7. ROUND • Used to round numbers to a specified number of decimal places. • ROUND can also be used to round numbers to the left of the decimal point. • ROUND can also be used with dates. • Syntax • ROUND(column|expression, decimal places) select round(2.55,1) from dual;

  8. ROUND • If the number of decimal places is a positive number, the number is rounded to that number of decimal places. • If the number of decimal places is a negative number, numbers to the left of the decimal are rounded. • if the number of decimal places is not specified or is zero, the number will round to no decimal places.

  9. ROUND • For NUMBER values, the value n is rounded away from 0 (for example, to x+1 when x.5 is positive and to x-1 when x.5 is negative). • For BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE values, the function rounds to the nearest even value. Please refer to the examples that follow.

  10. TRUNC • Used to terminate the column,expression, or value to a specified number of decimal places. • TRUNC can also be used with dates. • Syntax • TRUNC(column|expression, decimal places) • TRUNC (45.926, 2) yields 45.92 • if the TRUNC expression does not specify the number of decimal places or specifies a zero, the number is truncated to zero decimal places. • TRUNC (45.926) yields 45

  11. TRUNC • For NUMBER and BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE values, the rule is the same now.

  12. MOD • Used to return the remainder when one number is divided by another. • For example, the MOD of 5 divided by 2 = 1.

  13. MOD • Returns n2 if n1 is 0. • This function behaves differently from the classical mathematical modulus function when m is negative. The classical modulus can be expressed using the MOD function with this formula: m - n * FLOOR(m/n) FLOOR(n) returns largest integer equal to or less than n.

  14. MOD • MOD can be used to determine whether a value is odd or even. • If MOD(n,2) equals 0,n is even • If MOD(n,2) equals 1,n is odd SELECT last_name, salary FROM f_staffs WHERE MOD(salary, 2)=0; • The above query will show the staffs whose salary is an even number.

  15. Terminology • Key terms used in this lesson include: • Number functions • MOD • ROUND • TRUNC

  16. Summary • Select and apply the single-row number functions ROUND, TRUNC, and MOD in a SQL query • Distinguish between the results obtained when TRUNC is applied to a numeric value and ROUND is applied to a numeric value • State the implications for business when applying TRUNC and ROUND to numeric values

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