Currency

Currency

Currency is a fixed point value type stored as a C# long, scaled by 10,000 to give a number with 15 digits to the left of the decimal point and 4 digits to the right. This representation provides a range of 922337203685477.5807 to -922337203685477.5808.

The Currency data type is useful for calculations involving money, or for any fixed-point calculation where accuracy is important.