VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

ValDec Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.Conversion

Synopsis

ValDec(expression)

expression required; String or Char

Any string representation of a number

Return Value

A Decimal able to hold the number contained in expression

Description

Converts a string representation of a number into a Decimal. The ValDec function starts reading the string with the leftmost character and stops at the first character that it does not recognize as being part of a valid number. For example, the statement:

iNumber = ValDec("1A1")

returns 1.

&O and &H (the octal and hexadecimal prefixes) are recognized by the ValDec function. Currency symbols, such as $ and £, and delimiters, such as commas, are not recognized as numbers by the ValDec function. The ValDec function only recognizes the period (.) as a decimal delimiter. Prior to processing expression, ValDec removes spaces, tabs, and line-feed characters.