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Val( )

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The Val( ) function is a Visual FoxPro function which returns a numeric value from a character expression composed of numbers. Val( ) returns the numbers in the character expression from left to right until a non-numeric character is encountered (leading blanks are ignored). Val( ) returns 0 if the first character of the character expression isn't a number or a plus sign (+) or minus sign (-).

 

Syntax

Val(cExpression)

 

cExpression

Specifies a character expression composed of numbers.

 

Returns

Numeric

 

 


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