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VAL

Converts a string representation of a numeric value to the actual numeric value.

Syntax

VAL(string_expression)

Comments

string_expression is the string representation of a numeric value.

VAL stops at the first character it cannot recognize as part of a number. Valid characters are 0 through 9, the period (.), the minus sign (-) and the plus sign (+).

Example

PRINT VAL("33.44")
PRINT VAL("88k")

Results in:

 33.44
 88

See Also

• STR$