> I haven't been able to find a function that will convert a string
> (containing only digits) to a number.
>
> Can anyone advise how to do this?
Do it like this:
<cfscript>
bar = "1234";
foo = bar * 1;
</script>
I use this techinque to insure that some variable is numeric and is
serialized correctly with <cfwddx> (ie it's <var
name='foo'><number>1234</number></var> not <var
name='foo'><string>1234</string></var> in the generated package).
Erki
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