COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Intrinsic Functions

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NUMVAL-C Function

NUMVAL-C, a numeric function, returns the numeric value of a specified character-

string, ignoring any currency sign or commas preceding the decimal point.

value-1

value-2

spaces

is a string of zero or more space characters.

NUMVAL-CFUNCTION

( )

value-1

currency-signvalue-2

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spaces

currency-sign

number

spaces spaces

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spaces

number

spaces

spaces spacescurrency-sign

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