Question

In asp classic, the cint() function or procedure or whatever it is won’t allow me to cast arbitrary strings, like “bob” or “null” or anything like that. Is there anything that will allow me to simply cast integers, numeric strings, and arbitrary strings to actual integers, with some sane default like 0 for strings?

Answer 1

How about making a function like below, then call this:

Function MakeInteger(val)
  If IsNumeric(val) Then
    MakeInteger = CInt(val)
  Else
    MakeInteger = 0
  End If
End Function