Why does Math.Floor(Double) return a value of type Double?

Question

I need to get the left hand side integer value from a decimal or double. For Ex: I need to get the value 4 from 4.6. I tried using Math.Floor function but it\'s returning a

Answer 1

According to MSDN, Math.Floor(double) returns a double: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e0b5f0xb.aspx

If you want it as an int:

int result = (int)Math.Floor(yourVariable);

I can see how the MSDN article can be misleading, they should have specified that while the result is an "integer" (in this case meaning whole number) it is still of TYPE Double