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SNOBOL4 functions

numeric

convert to numeric

Description

N numeric(x)

numeric(x) produces an integer or real number resulting from converting x, but fails if the conversion is not possible.

Parameters

x: a numeric string, real or integer value.
returns: integer value if result has not a fraction or too large, real otherwise, fail if conversion is not possible.