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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Problem with val()?

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the_winch
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Posted: 4th Sep 2003 08:19
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What exactly is the val command suspoed to do?

I think that is should return 97 here



Is it just me being stupid or does the val command not work?
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indi
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Posted: 4th Sep 2003 10:58
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perhaps is broken what version are you using?

http://www.lunarpixel.com
It's already tomorrow in Australia
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Scraggle
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Posted: 4th Sep 2003 11:46
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That is not what val() does.

val is the opposite of str$().

where str$() converts an integer into a string, val() converts a string into an integer, however that string must be a numerical value eg:

a$="123"
a=val(a$)
print a

This will print 123. No suprise there, but it is the integer 123 that is being printed

You, I think, are confusing val() with asc().

test$="a"
print asc(test$)

This will print 97 to the screen which I believe is what you are trying to do.

Nine lives to choose from and I get stuck with this one!
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the_winch
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Posted: 4th Sep 2003 14:04
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Whoops that's what staying up late does to you. I just got the commands mixed up
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