Sharp PC-1403

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Note: The ch a rac t er s tr ing con vert ib le by VA L fu n c t i on to a nu m e rical v alue c onsi s ts of
numera l s (0 t o 9 ) , s ymb ols ( + a n d - ) and a sy mbo l (E) i ndi c ating an
exponential portio n. No o th er c h a ra c t er s and s ymb o l s are included. If a
character st rin g i nc l udes ot h e r c h a r a ct e r s and symbol s , an y character string on
the right of t h at chara ct e r s t r ing w ill be igno re d. If included in a character string,
a space is usually rega r ded as none x i st ent.
VAL i s a st ring fun ctio n whic h ret urn s the numer ic v alu e of its str i ng argum e n t. It is the
reverse of STR$ . T h e VAL o f a n onnumb er i s zero . V AL " 1 . 59 " i s 1 . 5 9.
1 VAL s tring e x p r ession
STR$ i s a st rin g fun ct i o n w hi c h r e t urn s a strin g w h i c h i s t he char a c t er repr ese ntation of
i ts numer i c a r gumen t. I t i s the rev e rse o f VA L. STR $ 1 . 59 i s ' 1. 59 ' .
1 STR$ numeri c e x p r e ssio n
RIGHT is a str i ng fun c t i o n which r e t urn s th e rightmo st part of the s t ri ng in the first
argument. The number o f ch a racte r s r et u rn e d is de te rmin e d b y the num e ric e xp r es -
sion . RIGHT$ (" ABCDEF ", 3 ) i s ' DEF' .
1 RIGHT$ (string express io n , numeric express i on)
Functions
String Functions