On 11/6/06, Tristan Leask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Does anyone know how VAL() works? Why is it that when you do a
> VAL('701E960') you get a numeric overflow error, but when you do
> VAL('701D960'), you don't?
>
> Cheers
>
"Val() converts nearly all character strings to numbers—the only
problem is that some of these numbers may be beyond the range FoxPro
can actually work with. Val("1E+307") creates a numeric without an
error message, but this value cannot be stored in a numeric, double,
float or integer field, nor can you do much useful processing on it.
If you are converting character data to numeric in your applications,
you need to range-check the result to ensure you are working with
legitimate numbers."
Hacker's to the rescue <s>
A+
jml
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