Re: Val() versus CLng, CInt or CByte

Donald Lessau wrote:
"Steve Gerrard" <mynamehere@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Q4ednZ36GKyrLLvanZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Val is nice because it it will read a number followed by text, i.e. 23A becomes 23, instead of tossing up an error...

... which also has a dark side: e.g. Val("23E2") -> 2300, and Val("23E-2") -> 0.23

What's the "dark" side of correct interpretation of a floating point exponential notation??? (Puzzled as to why one would/could possibly expect/want any other result...)

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