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GetAsNumber

Returns only the numbers in text, as field type number.

Format

GetAsNumber(text)

Parameters

text - any text expression or text field containing numbers

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

Use with formulas involving numbers or numeric functions. This function drops from text all non-numeric characters, leading zeros, and trailing zeros after the decimal point. GetAsNumber returns a negative number if the first numbers in text are preceded by a minus sign "-" or are inside parentheses "( )," unless a period or a number precedes the minus sign or left parenthesis. If zero numeric characters are in text, GetAsNumber returns an empty string.

You can also use this function to convert a date to the number of days. The returned number is the number of days since 1/1/0001.

Example 1

GetAsNumber ( "FY20" ) returns 20.

GetAsNumber ( "$1,254.50" ) returns 1254.5.

GetAsNumber ( "2 - 2" ) and GetAsNumber ( "2(2)" ) return 22.

GetAsNumber ( "-22" ) and GetAsNumber ( "(22)" ) return -22.

GetAsNumber ( ".(22)" ) returns .22.

Example 2

GetAsNumber ( SerialNumber ) returns 35684, when the value of SerialNumber is TKV35FRG6HH84.

Example 3

GetAsNumber ( DateOfBirth ) returns 737342, when the DateOfBirth field contains 10/10/2019.

Example 4

GetAsNumber ( Passcode )returns an empty string, when the Passcode field contains QTjPLeRMaCV.