Best way to get whole number part of a Decimal number

What is the best way to return the whole number part of a decimal (in c#)? (This has to work for very large numbers that may not fit into an int).

GetIntPart(343564564.4342) >> 343564564
GetIntPart(-323489.32) >> -323489
GetIntPart(324) >> 324

The purpose of this is: I am inserting into a decimal (30,4) field in the db, and want to ensure that I do not try to insert a number than is too long for the field. Determining the length of the whole number part of the decimal is part of this operation.

By the way guys, (int)Decimal.MaxValue will overflow. You can't get the "int" part of a decimal because the decimal is too friggen big to put in the int box. Just checked... its even too big for a long (Int64).

If you want the bit of a Decimal value to the LEFT of the dot, you need to do this:

Math.Truncate(number)

and return the value as... A DECIMAL or a DOUBLE.

edit: Truncate is definitely the correct function!

I think System.Math.Truncate is what you're looking for.

Depends on what you're doing.

For instance:

//bankers' rounding - midpoint goes to nearest even
GetIntPart(2.5) >> 2
GetIntPart(5.5) >> 6
GetIntPart(-6.5) >> -6

or

//arithmetic rounding - midpoint goes away from zero
GetIntPart(2.5) >> 3
GetIntPart(5.5) >> 6
GetIntPart(-6.5) >> -7

The default is always the former, which can be a surprise but makes very good sense.

Your explicit cast will do:

int intPart = (int)343564564.5
// intPart will be 343564564

int intPart = (int)343564565.5
// intPart will be 343564566

From the way you've worded the question it sounds like this isn't what you want - you want to floor it every time.

I would do:

Math.Floor(Math.Abs(number));

Also check the size of your decimal - they can be quite big, so you may need to use a long.

You just need to cast it, as such:

int intPart = (int)343564564.4342

If you still want to use it as a decimal in later calculations, then Math.Truncate (or possibly Math.Floor if you want a certain behaviour for negative numbers) is the function you want.

Very easy way to separate value and its fractional part value.

double  d = 3.5;
int i = (int)d;
string s = d.ToString();
s = s.Replace(i + ".", "");

s is fractional part = 5 and
i is value as integer = 3

I hope help you.

/// <summary>
/// Get the integer part of any decimal number passed trough a string 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="decimalNumber">String passed</param>
/// <returns>teh integer part , 0 in case of error</returns>
private int GetIntPart(String decimalNumber)
{
    if(!Decimal.TryParse(decimalNumber, NumberStyles.Any , new CultureInfo("en-US"), out decimal dn))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("String " + decimalNumber + " is not in corret format", "GetIntPart", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        return default(int);
    } 
    
    return Convert.ToInt32(Decimal.Truncate(dn));
}

   Public Function getWholeNumber(number As Decimal) As Integer
    Dim round = Math.Round(number, 0)
    If round > number Then
        Return round - 1
    Else
        Return round
    End If
End Function