Val(string)
The required string argument is any valid string expression.
The Val function stops reading the string at the first character it can't recognize as part of a number. Symbols and characters that are often considered parts of numeric values, such as dollar signs and commas, are not recognized. However, the function recognizes the radix prefixes &O
(for octal) and &H
(for hexadecimal). Blanks, tabs, and linefeed characters are stripped from the argument.
The following returns the value 1615198:
Val(" 1615 198th Street N.E.")
In the code below, Val returns the decimal value -1 for the hexadecimal value shown:
Val("&HFFFF")
Note The Val function recognizes only the period (.) as a valid decimal separator. When different decimal separators are used, as in international applications, use CDbl instead to convert a string to a number.
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