NUM(a) (SAP Library - Reference Manual 7.2 (BC))

NUM(a)

NUM(a) is a function ( conversion function) that converts the argument a to a numeric value.

NUM can be applied to character strings with the code attributes ASCII or EBCDIC (see code tables), date values, time values, timestamp values, numeric and Boolean values.

	Result of the NUM(a) function
a is a character string and can be interpreted as a numeric value	Corresponding numeric value
a is a numeric value	Identical numeric value (unchanged)
a is a Boolean value	1, if a=TRUE 0, if a=FALSE
a is a character string that cannot be interpreted as a numeric value; a is a character string that dos not have the code attribute ASCII or EBCDIC; a is neither a numeric nor a Boolean value.	Error message
a is a character string that can be interpreted as a numeric value outside the range –9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999E+62, 9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999E+62	Special NULL value
a is the NULL value	NULL value (see data type)
a is the special NULL value	Special NULL value