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36 <topic id=
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37 <title id=
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41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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42 <lastedited date=
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47 <bookmark xml-lang=
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49 <paragraph role=
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"Val Function [Runtime]">Val Function [Runtime]
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50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153345" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Converts a string to a numeric expression.
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52 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
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"3">Syntax:
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53 <paragraph role=
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"par_id3149514" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">Val (Text As String)
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54 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150669" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
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"5">Return value:
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55 <paragraph role=
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56 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156024" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
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"7">Parameters:
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57 <paragraph role=
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58 <emph>Text:
</emph> String that represents a number.
</paragraph>
59 <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.
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62 <paragraph role=
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63 <paragraph role=
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"en-US" l10n=
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64 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3159150" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">msgbox Val(
"123.123")
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154126" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">msgbox Val(
"A123.123")
</paragraph>
66 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147229" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">end Sub
</paragraph>