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val

Converts numeric characters that occur at the beginning of a string to a number. If conversion fails, returns zero.

val(String)

returns numeric

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
String	string	Yes		A string or a variable that contains one

Numeric characters at beginning and middle of a string

val("120test12sstring");

Expected Result: 120

Numeric characters only at the end of a string

val("string98");

Expected Result: 0

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