Description
Converts the value of a string to an integer or obtains an integer value that is stored in a blob.
Syntax
Integer ( stringorblob )
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Argument |
Description |
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stringorblob |
A string whose value you want returned as an integer or a blob in which the first value is the integer value. The rest of the contents of the blob is ignored. Stringorblob can also be an Any variable containing a string or blob. |
Return value
Integer.
Returns the value of stringorblob as an integer if it succeeds and 0 if stringorblob is not a valid number or is an incompatible datatype. If stringorblob is null, Integer returns null.
Usage
To distinguish between a string whose value is the number 0 and a string whose value is not a number, use the IsNumber function before calling the Integer function.
Examples
This statement returns the string 24 as an integer:
Integer("24")This statement returns the contents of the SingleLineEdit sle_Age as an integer:
Integer(sle_Age.Text)
This statement returns 0:
Integer("3ABC") // 3ABC is not a number.This example checks whether the text of sle_data is a number before converting, which is necessary if the user might legitimately enter 0:
integer li_new_data IF IsNumber(sle_data.Text) THEN li_new_data = Integer(sle_data.Text) ELSE SetNull(li_new_data) END IF
After assigning blob data from the database to lb_blob, this example obtains the integer value stored at position 20 in the blob:
integer i i = Integer(BlobMid(lb_blob, 20, 2))
See also
Integer method for DataWindows in the section called “Integer” in DataWindow Reference.
