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- | ===== AsText(value) ===== | + | ====== AsText(expression) ====== |
+ | Category: | ||
- | This function converts | + | \\ |
+ | =====Description===== | ||
+ | This function converts //value// to text. | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | =====Use cases===== | ||
This is useful when you wish to validate the contents of a field or retrieve the text value of a field. | This is useful when you wish to validate the contents of a field or retrieve the text value of a field. | ||
- | | + | \\ |
+ | =====Arguments===== | ||
+ | ^Argument^Type^Description^ | ||
+ | |expression|Any|The value, result of an expression, or an error to be converted into a text value.| | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Return value type:** Text | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | =====Remarks===== | ||
+ | * Numbers are converted into their text representation. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Empty cells are converted into empty strings (i.e. '' | ||
* Text remains itself. | * Text remains itself. | ||
* Errors are converted into text with error message. | * Errors are converted into text with error message. | ||
- | | + | * This function never produces errors, only text. |
- | * Numbers are converted into their text representation. | + | |
- | | + | |
- | ^ Example | + | \\ |
- | | astext( ' | + | =====Examples===== |
- | | astext( 125 ) | + | |
- | | astext( 2 + 2 = 4 ) | + | astext( 125 ) |
- | | astext( 2 + 2 = 5 ) | + | astext( 2 + 2 = 4 ) |
- | | astext( 1 / 0 ) | + | astext( 2 + 2 = 5 ) |
+ | astext( 1 / 0 ) | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | =====See also===== | ||
+ | * [[syntax: | ||
- | === See also === | ||
- | * [[syntax: |
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