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Decimal length!
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06/10/2005 18:58:08
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01056998
Message ID:
01057029
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15
Thanks Hilmar, It worked.

>>Hi Everybody,
>>
>>How do I determine the decimal length of a numeric expression? For example for 678.76548 it is five.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Ali
>
>transform() is not very trustworthy, and results vary with different VFP versions, but you can convert to text with padr() or padl():
>
>
>? alltrim(padr(678.76548, 30))
>
>
>From the result, you can search for the position of the point, or, safer, of the expression set("point") (in L.A. we use a comma; the situation is similar in most of Europe). Use the at() function.
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