Re: coverting string to a numeric value

By converting a string to a number, do you mean converting the string value 123 to 123, or do you mean converting one hundred twenty-three to 123? If it's the first, you've got your answer already. If it's the second, it's a bit more complex and something that has come up in the past. You can

Re: coverting string to a numeric value

I think you want the val() function so val (123) would return 123 val(jeff) would return 0 (all non numerics return 0) Hi All- is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? Thanks

Re: coverting string to a numeric value

is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! Dave Watts,

RE: coverting string to a numeric value

: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:57 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: coverting string to a numeric value is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you

RE: coverting string to a numeric value

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Re: coverting string to a numeric value

...@austin-williams.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:04 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: coverting string to a numeric value Depending on what you are doing you may want to test the value first to ensure it's a number. You can get hard errors in some cases for data type mismatch... like in queries