COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Intrinsic Functions

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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NUMVAL Function

NUMVAL, a numeric function, returns the numeric value represented by its argument,

which is a character-string. NUMVAL ignores leading and trailing spaces.

string

is a string of zero or more space characters.

number

If the program contains the DECIMAL POINT COMMA phrase in the SPECIAL-

NAMES paragraph, use a comma instead of a decimal point in number.

digits

is a string of one to 18 digits. The total number of digits in string cannot

exceed 18.

( )

NUMVALFUNCTION string

VST445.vsd

number

VST446.vsd

digits

VST447.vsd