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Chapter Five — General Functions (continued)

IsCurrencyPrefix Function

Overview

The IsCurrencyPrefix function tests if a string contains a currency prefix. The following number can be loosely formatted as an accounting value. 

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

boolean = IsCurrencyPrefix ( string value );

Parameters

value

A string to test.

Return Value

Returns TRUE if value contains a currency prefix and FALSE if it does not.

Remarks

The IsCurrencyPrefix function tests for ISO-4217 or simple currency prefix formats. For example, “$42”, “US$42.16”, and “CAN$22.22” will all return as TRUE.

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).

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.

Platform Support

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

Legato IDE, Legato Basic

 

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