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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Val Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Val function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149205" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120104.xhp" name="Val Function [Runtime]">Val Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts a string to a numeric expression.</paragraph>
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39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Val (Text As String)</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143228" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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45<emph>Text:</emph> String that represents a number.</paragraph>
46<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.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
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51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">msgbox Val("123.123")</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">msgbox Val("A123.123")</paragraph>
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