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        Compare two variables of type decimal.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int deccmp(decimal *arg1, decimal *arg2);
</pre><p>
        The function receives a pointer to the first decimal value
        (<code class="literal">arg1</code>), a pointer to the second decimal value
        (<code class="literal">arg2</code>) and returns an integer value that indicates which is
        the bigger value.
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