Difference between revisions of "VAL()"
From Recital Documentation Wiki
Yvonnemilne (Talk | contribs) |
Yvonnemilne (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
==Class== | ==Class== | ||
Expressions and Type Conversion | Expressions and Type Conversion | ||
| Line 15: | Line 12: | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[INT()]], [[ROUND()]], [[SET DECIMALS]], [[SET FIXED]], [[STR()]], [[TRANSFORM()]] |
Revision as of 12:31, 24 March 2009
Class
Expressions and Type Conversion
Purpose
Function to perform character string to numeric conversion
Syntax
VAL(<expC>)
See Also
INT(), ROUND(), SET DECIMALS, SET FIXED, STR(), TRANSFORM()
Description
The VAL() function converts the character expression <expC> into a numeric value. If SET FIXED is on, then the value of the string will be rounded to the nearest decimal place according to the SET DECIMALS command.
Example
string = "1234" ? val(string) 1234 set decimals to 2 set fixed on ? val("678.7615") 678.76
Products
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
