mint dectodbl(dec_val, dbl_val)
   dec_t *dec_val;
   double *dbl_val;

dec_val

is a pointer to the decimal structure that contains the value to convert to a double value.

dbl_val

is a pointer to a double variable to contain the result of the conversion.

The floating-point format of the host computer can result in loss of precision in the conversion of a decimal type number to a double type number.

0

The conversion was successful.

<0

The conversion failed.