Hi Tracy,

During VFP9 beta I loged request to expand CAST() help topic with explanation how each type of conversion works but it was ignored by VFP team. W/o such documentation the result of conversation in many cases cannot be predicted or explained.

>Just curious, Sergey do you know why CAST works where VAL does not? Specifically a string with "2E" in it? I understand why VFP sees it as scientific notation, but CAST does not...
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>lcvalue = "2E828"
>lcvalue1 = "200"
>? VAL(lcvalue)  && produces numeric overflow
>? CAST(lcvalue as Int)  && returns 0
>? VAL(lcvalue1)   && returns 200
>? CAST(lcvalue1 as Int)  && returns 200
>tclocation = "2E818 Main St"
>? CAST(GETWORDNUM(tclocation,1) AS INT)
>tclocation = "2010 N Main St"
>? CAST(GETWORDNUM(tclocation,1) AS INT)
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>>>How do I convert character into integer? Please help. Thanks, Sam
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>>lcString = "12345"
>>? CAST(lcString AS int)
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