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function for translating string to number

From: Eitan M <no_spam_please_at_nospam_please.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:34:21 +0200
Message-ID: <ep52u3$cuu$1@news2.netvision.net.il> 





Hello,



I want to translate string to number,


but if the string is not a number,


I want that the result will be some default (can be zero).



to_number('a') run an exception,


but  I am looking for a function that return a default number,
whether the string doesn't represent a numeric value, please.



Thanks :) 
Received on Tue Jan 23 2007 - 07:34:21 CST












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