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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition
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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

by Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
April 2017
Intermediate to advanced
706 pages
17h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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EVALUATE function

The EVALUATE function is essentially the reverse of the FORMAT function, allowing conversion of a string value into the defined data type. The syntax of the EVALUATE function is as follows:

[ BooleanVariable := ] EVALUATE ( ResultVariable, StringToBeConverted [, 9]

The handling of a runtime error can be done by specifying BooleanVariable or including EVALUATE in an expression to deal with an error, such as an IF statement. The ResultVariable data type will determine what data conversion the EVALUATE function will attempt. The format of the data in StringToBeConverted must be compatible with the data type of ResultVariable, otherwise, a runtime error will occur.

The optional parameter, number 9, is only used for XMLport ...

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