Name

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        MONTH_NUM

Purpose

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        This function returns the month number given the name.

Category

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        Calendar

Calling Sequence

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        Result = MONTH_NUM( name )

Inputs

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      name: the name of the month. A text string at least three
      characters long and at least the first three characters of the
      months name. name can be an array of strings or a scalar
      string.

Outputs

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      Result: The month's number (1-12). Returns -1 if the name of
      the month does not match sufficiently to guarantee an answer.

Example

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      num = Month_Num('Aug')

Modification History

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  Written by: Edward C. Wiebe, 1999-10-14