Version: 10.1

USFormat.CharToLong

note

This article is about the CharToLong method of the USFormat internal component.

Converts a character string to a long number.

Returns the result of the conversion as a long number.

Syntax

SELECT USFormat.CharToLong(
*string*
,         *number-format-pattern*
)

Both string and number-format-pattern are required. Number-format-pattern must be one of the USoft IO formats for number values.

Example

SELECT USFormat.CharToLong(
         '3,333'
,        '9,999'
)

The return value of this statement is the long number:

USFormat.CharToLong​