Microsoft KB Archive/119999

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XL: Type Mismatch Using Val Function in Macro
Last reviewed: March 28, 1997

Article ID: Q119999

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS
In the products that are listed at the beginning of this article, when you use the Val function with a text string that contains both a percent sign (%) and a decimal point in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the following error message appears:

Run-time error '13': Type mismatch

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use the following macro code:

Sub ConvertText 'This Visual Basic module converts the text string in the 'variable "x" to a numeric value. Dim x as string x = "10.05%" y = Val(Left(x, Len(x)-1)) MsgBox y  End Sub

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
The Val function returns the numeric value of numbers in a text string. It is possible to use this function to convert a number that is entered as a text string so that you can use it in a mathematical computation.