Remote Processing CAMBASIC - Manual (Page 169)

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VAL
Numeric Fun ction
SYNTAX: n = VAL(m$)
PURPOSE: To convert a string to a number.
REMARK S: The V AL fun ction strips lea ding spaces fr om m $ before calculating the r esult.
A leading alphanumeric character will always cause zero to be returned, regardless of the characters
that follow the alphanumeric character.
Trailing alphanumeric character s are ignored.
RELATED: STR$, ASC, C HR$
EXAMPLE: PRINT VAL(" 98")
98
PRINT VAL("A56")
0
PRINT VAL("12BB")
12
PRINT VAL("LAST")
0
ERROR: none