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Converts numeric characters and the first period found that occur at the beginning of a string to a number.

A period not accompianied by at least one numeric digit will be ignored. If no numeric digits are found at the start of the string, zero will be returned.

Method Signature

Val(string=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
string	string	true	The string to parse

Examples

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