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• ZBLANK Function

VAL Function

Syntax

Arguments

character

A character string containing number characters

Description

Converts a character string to a numeric value.

Discussion

VAL() converts a Character_String to a numeric value. If the Character_String contains leading non-numeric characters, then a value of 0 is returned.

Example

val("12345") -> 12345
val("abc234") -> 0
val("1234abc234") -> 1234

Assume that you have an inventory table with a PARTNO field that contains values such as "PH12" and "AK7864", etc. The field's first two characters contain a character code, and the remaining characters (up to four) are a number. To find all the parts with numbers between 20 and 4000, regardless of the code in the first two character positions, use the following filter expression:

val( substr( PARTNO, 3, 4)) > = 20 .AND. val( substr( PARTNO, 3, 4)) < = 4000

See Also

• Character Formatting Functions
• Character Conversion Functions