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Return the closest floating point representation to the specified `value`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdljsn_numberutil.h>`

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static
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asDecimal64(std::string_view const& value);
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== Description

If `value` is outside the representable range, return +INF or ‐INF (as appropriate). The behavior is undefined unless `isValidNumber(value)` is `true`.

== Return Value

the closest `Decimal64` representation of `value`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *value*
| JSON number text to convert
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