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= xref:mp_units.adoc[mp_units]::xref:mp_units/quantity-01.adoc[quantity]::force_numerical_value_in
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Deprecated. Returns the numerical value converted to another unit, truncating if inexact.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<mp‐units/framework/quantity.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<xref:mp_units/UnitOf.adoc[UnitOf<quantity_spec>] U>
requires detail::ExplicitlyCastable<unit, U{}, rep>
[[deprecated("2.6.0: use `numerical_value_in(unit, policy)` with a rounding policy (e.g. `truncated`) instead"), nodiscard]]
constexpr
xref:mp_units/RepresentationOf.adoc[RepresentationOf<quantity_spec>] auto
force_numerical_value_in(U u) const noexcept;
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]: 2.6.0: use `numerical_value_in(unit, policy)` with a rounding policy (e.g. `truncated`) instead. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

The numerical value expressed in `u`.

[NOTE]
====
The return value https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/nodiscard[should not be discarded^].
====
== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *u*
| the target unit
|===


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