Val

Family: Core · 2 forms

What it does

Val takes str (a string), and answers an integer. That is the first of 2 forms.

Syntax

Val(str string) → integer

Val(str string, base integer) → integer

Parameters

Name	Type	In forms
str	string	all
base	integer	2

Every form returns

integer

Example · generated

Form 1, the short one

DO  Print(Val("hello"))  Sync()LOOP

Form 2, with every argument

DO  Print(Val("hello", 1))  Sync()LOOP

Val is called and its answer is printed every frame. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.

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