Feature Request: Implement Str() and Val()

[sjsepan3]

Expected behavior:

Functions to convert between string and number

Observed behavior:

My VB6 is beyond rusty, but I cannot see a way to get numeric variable values in/out of a TextBox without needing these functions. I tried to Dim a Variant but that would not run.

Priority:

Medium

Version:

v0.0.1, released 11-17-2024

Platform(s) tested:

Windows 7 (VirtualBox on Linux Host)
Linux Mint

Platform Versions;

Windows: Windows 7 Pro SP1
Linux: Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) Cinnamon

Sys Info:

System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-48-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 5040 v: N/A serial: Chassis:
type: 3 serial:
Mobo: Dell model: 0R790T v: A00 serial: part-nu: 06BA
uuid: UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: 1.2.7 date: 01/15/2016
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: charge: 35% rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: arch: Skylake-S
rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 bogomips: 25599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] driver: nvidia v: 535.183.01 arch: Pascal pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1d01 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 162 s-size: 602x341mm (23.70x13.43") s-diag: 692mm (27.24")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39")
diag: 690mm (27.15") modes: N/A
API: EGL Message: No EGL data available.
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 535.183.01 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA
GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb8 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-48-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: vboxnet0 state: down mac:
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 904.45 GiB (48.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SBAT-256G-1006 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 1006 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 20WD scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdd vendor: Toshiba model: External USB HDD size: 698.64 GiB type: USB rev: 2.0
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 tech: N/A serial: scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 233.62 GiB used: 104.57 GiB (44.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 47.2 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (12.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /home size: 915.82 GiB used: 654.25 GiB (71.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 425.2 MiB (20.8%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:2 info: 816820090226 type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 3207:0300 class-ID: 0806 serial:
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Lite-On SK-9020 keyboard type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04ca:004f class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Toshiba America External USB HDD type: mass storage driver: usb-storage
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 2mA chip-ID: 0480:a004 class-ID: 0806
serial:
Device-4: 1-9:5 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C pch: 59.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 86%
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 4510
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gambas-team-gambas3-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gambas-team-gambas3-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/gambas-team/gambas3/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonaski-strawberry-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/jonaski-strawberry-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/jonaski/strawberry/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/krupkat-code-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/krupkat-code-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/krupkat/code/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/krupkat-code-noble.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/krupkat-code-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/krupkat/code/ubuntu noble main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lightzone-team-lightzone-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/lightzone-team-lightzone-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/lightzone-team/lightzone/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
1: deb http: //mirrors.advancedhosters.com/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe multiverse
2: deb http: //mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //mirror.us-ny2.kamatera.com/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb https: //mirror.umd.edu/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https: //fastly.linuxmint.io wilma main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-foss-jammy.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/teejee2008-foss-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/teejee2008/foss/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/warpdotdev.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/warpdotdev.gpg] https: //releases.warp.dev/linux/deb stable main
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 8.07 GiB (51.9%)
Processes: 274 Power: uptime: 8h 51m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: clang: 18.1.3 alt: 14/16 gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python client
inxi: 3.3.34