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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">IsNumeric Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-12-17T10:45:34">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145136"><bookmark_value>IsNumeric function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102700.xhp" name="IsNumeric Function [Runtime]">IsNumeric Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Tests if an expression is a number. If the expression is a <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp#dezimal" name="number">number</link>, the function returns True, otherwise the function returns False.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">IsNumeric (Var)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148685" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Bool</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Var:</emph> Any expression that you want to test.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Sub ExampleIsNumeric</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim vVar as variant</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">vVar = "ABC"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Print IsNumeric(vVar) REM Returns False</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">vVar = "123"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="15">Print IsNumeric(vVar) REM Returns True</paragraph>
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