USFormat.CharToDouble

Converts a character string to a formatted numeric value of type double.

Returns the result of the conversion as a number.

Syntax

SELECT USFormat.CharToDouble(

          string

,         number-format-pattern

)

Both string and number-format-pattern are required. Number-format-pattern must be one of the USoft format patterns used for number values.

Example

SELECT USFormat.CharToDouble(

         '3,333.93'

,        '9,999.99'

)

The return value of this statement is the number:

3333.93