WILLTEK 4403 - Oct; Val

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Functions
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OCT
OCT$
VAL
Syntax
OCT(string$)
Parameters
string$ is a string expression, containing a valid octal
representation of an integer number.
Description
Returns the decimal representation of an octal expres-
sion contained in
string$.
The value returned will be an integer number.
Examples
LET i=OCT("15") assigns ‘13’ to variable i.
Syntax
OCT$(aNumber [, digits ])
Parameters
aNumber is a valid numeric expression,
digits is a numeric expression, resulting in a positive
integer.
Description
Returns a string containing the octal representation of
aNumber. In case, aNumber is not an integer, the deci-
mals will be truncated (that means no rounding will take
place).
When
digits is stated, the string will be filled up with
zeros (0) to the left.
Examples
LET a$=OCT$(254, 6) assigns "000376" to variable
a$.
Syntax
VAL(string$)
Parameters
string$ is a string expression, containing a valid
numeric representation of a decimal figure like "-1.4" or
"3E+5"
Description
Converts a decimal number contained in
string$ to
that decimal number.
If the string does not contain a valid decimal number, ‘0’
will be returned.
Examples
i = VAL("1.234") assigns ‘1.234’ to variable i
To avoid runtime errors due to typing errors with an
INPUT command, first a string is read in that is later
converted into the decimal representation of the figure
entered.
INPUT "Please enter channel number:" _
, channelno$
channelno = VAL(channelno$)