>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a code in the program that converts a string of numbers (not a number but a string of numbers) according to the second parameter of Transform(). For example,
>>>>>>

>>>>>>nNumber = 67849
>>>>>>cMask = 'M XXXXXXXXXX'
>>>>>>cNumber = transform( alltrim(str(nNumber)) + "@R" + cMask)
>>>>>>*-- the result, cNumber, should be 'M 67849'
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>The above works unless the cMask is 'A XXXXXXXXXX'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why does the 'A' make a difference?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>following works for me:
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>lcMask = "9 9999"
>>>>>lnNumber =67849
>>>>>? transform( m.lnNumber , "@R "+ m.lcMask)
>>>>>

>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Koen
>>>>
>>>>Thank you, Koen. The reason my code didn't work is because I have a letter (specifically 'A') in my lcMask.
>>>
>>>Because "A" is valid mask letter:
>>>Check InputMask in HELP.
>>>The same is with letter "W"
>>
>>Thank you. I will be changing my approach from "@R " since I cannot tell customers what letter they can or cannot use.
>
>Do this:
>

>lcMask = "A XXXXXXX" && this is Cyrillic A, you can use whatever letter you want.
>lnNumber =67849
>lcNumber = CHRTRAN(transform( ALLTRIM(STR(m.lnNumber) , "@R "+ m.lcMask),[A],[A])
>

>Other approach:
>

>lcMask = "XXXXXXX"
>lnNumber =67849
>lcNumber = transform(ALLTRIM(STR(m.lnNumber) , m.lcMask)
>lcNumber = [A ]+lcNumber
>

Thank you very much!