val( numberString : String; var numberVar : Number Type; var errorCode: Integer );

 

Converts a string into both integer and floating point type variables. The variable numberVar must be of the appropriate type when compared with numberString. If the conversion succeeds then errorCode will return 0, otherwise errorCode will be set to the first character in numberString that failed the conversion.

 

Parameters

 

 

var

       numberString: String;

       numberValue: Double;

       error: Integer;

 

       numberString := '125564.30402';

 

       val( numberString, numberValue, error );