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IField.Scale Property (ArcObjects .NET 10.5 SDK)
ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabase)  

IField.Scale Property

The scale for field values.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public ReadOnly Property Scale As Integer
[C#]
public int Scale {get;}
[C++]
HRESULT get_Scale(
  long* Length
);
[C++]

Parameters Length [out, retval] Length is a parameter of type long

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Remarks

Scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in a number. For example, the number 56.78 has a scale of 2. Scale applies only to fields that are double.  Scale is always returned as 0 from personal or File geodatabase fields.

See Also

IField Interface

.NET Related Topics

Working with fields