Sharp MZ-700 Owner's Manual page 81

2.5.4 V AL and STR$
Format
).
Function
STR$ (x) Returns a string of ASCII characters
x: Numeric expression representing the value of numeric
expression X.
VAL(x$)
x$: String expression
Converts an ASCII character repre-
sentation of a numeric value into a
numeric value. This is the comple-
ment of the STR$ function.
Example
A$ =STR$ ( -12)
Substitutes the character string 11 - 12 11
into string variable A$ .
B$ =STR$ (70
~
33)
Substitutes the character string
11
2310
11
into string variable B$.
C$=STR$ (1200000
*
5000)
Substitutes the character string
11
6E
+
09
11
into string variable C$.
Note: Positive numeric values are displayed with a
leading space to indicate that the plus sign
(+)has been omitted. However, this space
is not included in the character sting rt>-
turned by the STR$ function.
A=VAL (
11
123
11
)
Converts the character string
11
123
11
into the number 123 and assigns it to
numeric variable A.
The following sample program illustrates use of some of the functions discussed above to display
numeric values in tabular format (with the decimal points aligned).
1. 23456
12 . 3456
1 0
1
12 34
If the values read from DATA statements were displayed using only the PRINT statement, the result
would appear as shown below.
1 0
FOR X=1 TO 5
20
READ A
3 0
L=5-LEN CSTR$ C I NTCA) ) )
4 0 PRINT TAB C L ) ;A
5 0
NEXT: END
60
DATA
1. 23456. 12.3456
70 DATA
12 3. 456, 1 234.56
80
DATA 1 2345. 6
1 .
23456
1 2.
3456
123. 456
1234 . 56
1 2345. 6