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| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Val Function [Runtime]</title> |
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| <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> |
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| <section id="val"> |
| <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149205"><bookmark_value>Val function</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149205" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120104.xhp" name="Val Function [Runtime]">Val Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts a string to a numeric expression.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Val (Text As String)</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143228" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> |
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| <emph>Text:</emph> String that represents a number.</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Using the Val function, you can convert a string that represents numbers into numeric expressions. This is the inverse of the <emph>Str</emph> function. If only part of the string contains numbers, only the first appropriate characters of the string are converted. If the string does not contain any numbers, the <emph>Val</emph> function returns the value 0.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151177" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleVal</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">msgbox Val("123.123")</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">msgbox Val("A123.123")</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end Sub</paragraph> |
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