VAL returns a real value for numeric strings and zero for non-numeric strings and can check the value status of parameters (PENDING, DETERMINED, available

Syntax

1. VAL(StrExpr$StrExpr$)
2. VAL("PENDING:ParName")
3. VAL("DETERMINED:ParName")
4. VAL("VALUE:ParName")

Arguments

• StrExpr$ is StrExpr$ is a string value or expression.
• "PENDING:ParName" returns 0 if ParName has a DETERMINED value and 1 if ParName has a PENDING value
• "DETERMINED:ParName" returns 1 if ParName has a DETERMINED value and 0 if ParName has a PENDING value
• "VALUE:ParName" returns value of ParName in tree status:

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