[VPM] changing a real to an integer

[Carl B. Constantine]

If I have a real nubmer like: -0.0800000000017462 and I want to multiply
by 1000 and then cut the excess fraction off the end so that all I'm
left with is -80 instead of -80.0000000017462, how would I do that?

Thanks.

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