Re: coverting string to a numeric value
By converting a string to a number, do you mean converting the string value 123 to 123, or do you mean converting one hundred twenty-three to 123? If it's the first, you've got your answer already. If it's the second, it's a bit more complex and something that has come up in the past. You can search the archives or look at cflib.org, because I suspect someone's already built a function for that. Scott On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:45 PM, fun and learning funandlrnn...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All- is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? Thanks -- - Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: coverting string to a numeric value
I think you want the val() function so val (123) would return 123 val(jeff) would return 0 (all non numerics return 0) Hi All- is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? Thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: coverting string to a numeric value
is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335491 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: coverting string to a numeric value
Depending on what you are doing you may want to test the value first to ensure it's a number. You can get hard errors in some cases for data type mismatch... like in queries. cfif IsNumeric(myvar is true DO YOUR THING /cfif Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be . Plug in to our blog: AW Unplugged http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:57 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: coverting string to a numeric value is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335493 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: coverting string to a numeric value
WHOOPS ... SYNTAX ERROR cfif IsNumeric(myvar) is true Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be . Plug in to our blog: AW Unplugged http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged -Original Message- From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:04 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: coverting string to a numeric value Depending on what you are doing you may want to test the value first to ensure it's a number. You can get hard errors in some cases for data type mismatch... like in queries. cfif IsNumeric(myvar is true DO YOUR THING /cfif Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be . Plug in to our blog: AW Unplugged http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:57 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: coverting string to a numeric value is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335494 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: coverting string to a numeric value
Or the short way cfif isNumeric(myvar)/cfif On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Robert Harrison rob...@austin-williams.com wrote: WHOOPS ... SYNTAX ERROR cfif IsNumeric(myvar) is true Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be . Plug in to our blog: AW Unplugged http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged -Original Message- From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:04 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: coverting string to a numeric value Depending on what you are doing you may want to test the value first to ensure it's a number. You can get hard errors in some cases for data type mismatch... like in queries. cfif IsNumeric(myvar is true DO YOUR THING /cfif Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be . Plug in to our blog: AW Unplugged http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:57 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: coverting string to a numeric value is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could not see any related functions to do this? ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
