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This is the inverse of the <emph>Str</emph> function. If only part of the string contains numbers, only the first appropriate characters of the string are converted. If the string does not contain any numbers, the <emph>Val</emph> function returns the value 0.</paragraph> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151177" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleVal</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">msgbox Val("123.123")</paragraph> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">msgbox Val("A123.123")</paragraph> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end Sub</paragraph> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 66