/code> if memory was
        exhausted.
       </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DECTODBL"><span class="term"><code class="function">dectodbl</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DECTODBL" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
        Convert a variable of type decimal to a double.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int dectodbl(decimal *np, double *dblp);
</pre><p>
        The function receives a pointer to the decimal value to convert
        (<code class="literal">np</code>) and a pointer to the do