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How to convert from a character to an int?

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From

23/04/2004 12:43:10

John Baird
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States

To

23/04/2004 12:35:18

Dodi Ellis
Siemens Icn
Manteca, California, United States

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Forum:

Visual FoxPro

Category:

Coding, syntax & commands

Title:

Re: How to convert from a character to an int?

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Thread ID:

00762098

Message ID:

00897667

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19

lcNum = "12,234.95"
lnNum = VAL(STRTRAN(lcNum, ',',''))

>>val("12,234.95")= 12.00
>>
>>the val() function does not like non-numerical charactures. Anything after a comma in a number will give you bad results.
>
>How can I convert a character string with commas into numbers without writing elaborated code?
>
>Thanks...

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