variant StrToNum ( string  str )

inline

Convert string to number.

Return the numeric value specified by the string passed to the function. If the content of the string is not a numeric value then this function returns zero. The input string parameter may be a variable, constant, or expression.

Parameters

str	String beginning with the representation of a number.
str	A string.

Returns

A number.

Examples:

ex_string.nxc, and ex_StrToNum.nxc.