Lexical operator for converting the value of an expression to a
decimal value.
Format
%INTEGER (integer)
1 – Argument
integer
The single argument, of type integer, is the expression to be
converted.
2 – Description
%INTEGER is modeled after the OpenVMS DCL lexical function
F$INTEGER. It is used to convert the value of an expression to
a decimal value. The result is its decimal value. You can also
use %INTEGER to convert a relocatable expression to an absolute
value.
3 – Example
.PRINT "%INTEGER (<<X+7>*17>)"
After lexical processing, if X has the value 3, the statement
will appear as:
.PRINT "170"