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Simple math problem
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From
16/05/2006 09:06:42
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01122177
Message ID:
01122182
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26
This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
>Hi everybody,
>
>If we have these numbers
>123000
>130000
>140400
>
>and we need 123, 13, 1404 (e.g. remove the trailing zeros), can we do it without loop? I don't see a way after thinking 3 minutes on the problem.
>
>Thanks in advance.

Yes, replace the zeroes with spaces, apply alltrim(), and then replace the spaces with zeroes (to account for zeroes in between). This can be done in a single expression.
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