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  • 13-10-2002 8:19pm
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    kegan5
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭


    Hi very quick question I have a prog thats taking in and printing numbers into text boxes soon these in the properties I changed them from General to Number.

    Is this the same as doing say:

    Ans = Val(txtNumber.text)?


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    amen
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    I assume this is VB ?

    Val() returns the numbers in a string in the appropriate number format

    is Val("123") returns 123 as integer
    Val ("12 oclock") returns 12 as integer
    Val("1234567 seconds left") returns 1234567 as long
    Val("no numbers") returns 0 as integer

    you should really check if its a number first using
    IsNumeric

    e


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    The Corinthian
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    Originally posted by kegan5
    Is this the same as doing say:

    Ans = Val(txtNumber.text)?
    Given you're talking about 'General to Number' conversions, I assume you're talking about the automatic conversion that VBA text boxes will do for you? It's more likely that it's doing an equivalent of:

    Ans = CDbl(txtNumber.text)

    ...as it is less strict on casting certain values. An IsNumeric is implicit, depending upon the control's data source, AFAIR.


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