Returns
A number. If conversion fails, returns zero.
A number in ColdFusion is as you state, a number with no leading zeros. No questions of loosly typed language, just a question of what a number is.
>I dunno - that seems right to me. The Val() function returns the value, not
>the "digits" - I would expect it to only return significant digits. After
>all the value of "021" is "21" just as the value of "0000000000000000021" is
>"21".
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>Jim Davis
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>From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:15 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: Val function seems buggy
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>>>The value of dtgVar is 21 instead of 021
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>This is another "advantage" of lousely typed language.
>CF is worse than lousely typed: it is "let me guess the type" :-(
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