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VAL(<expC>)

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Returns numeric value of <expC> composed of digits.
Return value - Numeric
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VAL() returns a numeric value that corresponds to the value of the
digits contained in a character expression.  Moving from left to right,
VAL() processes the digits in the character expression until a
non-numeric character is encountered (leading blanks are ignored).  If
the first character of the character expression is not a digit, VAL()
returns 0.

<expC>
        Include a character expression <expC> composed of digits in VAL().  The
corresponding numeric value is returned.

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STORE '12' TO A
STORE '13' TO B
? VAL(A) + VAL(B)

STORE '1.25E3' TO C
? 2 * VAL(C)

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See Also:  SET DECIMALS, STR()

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