B4P Reference

num

This function converts a variable to a plain numeral.

Indirect parameter passing is disabled

No.	Type	Description
1 input	valid types	Value Strings containing numbers (no text before numbers) are converted properly. Scientific notation is supported. Numerals are passed through. If existing, the string context of the number will be discarded Booleans are converted to 0 and 1 Parameter sets are not accepted Dates are converted to a number in YYYYMMDD. Time will be added as fraction of 1, e.g. 0.5 for 12:00 noon.

Type	Description
numeral	number Contains resulting number. No string context of the number is preserved or included.

      echo( num( '1.2E+03' ) );

      echo( num( true ) );

      echo( num( 0123 ) );

      echo( num( date ( "05. Nov 2019 12:00" ) ) );

Try it yourself: Open LIB_Function_num.b4p in B4P_Examples.zip. Decompress before use.