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Chapter Five — General Functions (continued)

IsFinancial Function

Overview

The IsFinancial function tests a character for being valid for a financial value.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

boolean = IsFinancial ( char value );

Parameters

value

A char (integer) to test. If the value is greater than 0xFF the function automatically returns FALSE.

Return Value

Returns TRUE if the string matches various conditions for false (see the Remarks section) or FALSE if it does not.

Remarks

This function allows for currency items, digits and ‘.’/’,’ delimiters. It does not allow for negative value such as a dash ‘-’ or parenthesis such as ‘(12)’.

Related Functions

IsCurrency — Tests a character or string to see if it is a currency group (allows ‘.’ ‘,’ and ‘(’ ‘)’ characters).

IsCurrencyFormatted — Tests a string as properly formatted currency (US, Euro, Pounds, Yen, cents).

IsCurrencyPrefix — Tests a string for currency leader (i.e., USD$ or CAN$) allowing for other ISO-4217 codes. Following number can be loosely formatted as accounting.

IsCurrencyProper — Tests a string for properly structured currency, i.e., €128,333, allowing for multiple commas and periods for US and European formats. It does not check the number of digits.

IsNumeric — Tests a string for strictly numeric (digits).

IsReal — Checks a string to see if it is a real number.

IsRealStrict — Checks a string to see if it is a real number but with strict requirements.

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

Legato IDE, Legato Basic

 

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