Method

CLong

Description

Returns the numeric form of a string as an Int64.

Usage

result = CLong(str)

Part	Type	Description
result	Int64	The numeric equivalent of the string passed.
str	String	Any valid string expression.

Notes

The CLong function stops reading the string at the first character it doesn't recognize as part of a number. All other characters are automatically stripped.

It does recognize prefixes &o (octal), &b (binary), and &h (hexadecimal). However, spaces are not allowed in front of the ampersand. That is, "&hFF" returns 0, but "&hFF" returns 255.

CLong returns zero if string contains no numbers.

Sample code

This code use the CLong function to return the numbers contained in a string literal or a string variable

Var n As Int64
n = CLong("12345") ' returns 12345
n = CLong(" 12345") ' returns 0
n = CLong("123 45") ' returns 123
n = CLong("&hFFF") ' returns 4095
n = CLong("&b1111") ' returns 15

Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.