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Val

Owned by Elvis Kvalbergs
Last updated: Aug 31, 2022 by Gvido

Returns the numbers contained in a string as a numeric value of appropriate type.

Syntax

Val(String_Expression)

Arguments

String_Expression

String that contains a number to be converted to a numeric value.

Examples

Val("9.56")

Above example will return 9.56. If the calculated member will have a formatting Integer then the display value will be 10.

Next example returns a numeric value from String Project Name that follows after -. So if the Project name is Demo-12, then the returned value will be 12.


Val(
 ExtractString([Project (Job)].CurrentMember.Name, 
 '.*-(\d+)', 1)
)

See also

Read more about ExtractString function that is used in the example.