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F$CUNITS

Converts a number from one specified unit of measure to another.

Format

F$CUNITS (number [,fron-units, to-units])

Return Value


A number representing the converted value.

Arguments

number

Specifies a 32-bit (or smaller) number to convert.

from-units

Specifies the unit of measure from which to convert. Currently, it is optional to specify this argument, because the only supported option for this field is blocks.

to-units

Specifies the unit of to which to convert. Currently, it is optional to specify this argument, because the only supported option for this field is bytes.

Example


$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$CUNITS(554778, "BLOCKS", "BYTES")
270.88MB 
      

This example converts 554778 blocks to the equivalent in bytes. The result is 270.88 MB.


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