Val(s:Str):Num

Convert string to number. Attempts to interpret the string as a number, and returns that. If the string does not look like a number, returns EMPTY (leading and trailing whitespace is OK, though).

Since: PCC 0.99.6, PCC2 1.99.8

This is a testing version.
It may be incomplete, and have more bugs (or features) than the public live version at planetscentral.com.