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`decimalToFloat` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdldfp_decimalconvertutil.h>`

Same as the overload taking `Decimal32`.


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static
float
xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/DecimalConvertUtil/decimalToFloat-01.adoc[decimalToFloat](xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal128.adoc[Decimal128] decimal);
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Return a `float` closest to the specified `decimal`.


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static
float
xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/DecimalConvertUtil/decimalToFloat-04.adoc[decimalToFloat](xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] decimal);
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Same as the overload taking `Decimal32`.


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static
float
xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/DecimalConvertUtil/decimalToFloat-022.adoc[decimalToFloat](xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal64.adoc[Decimal64] decimal);
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== Return Value

closest `float` representation of `decimal`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *decimal*
| value to convert
|===


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