>When I import from a CSV file then try to convert a string to a value, it seems to round it off.
>
>use ar
>APPEND FROM ar.csv csv
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>I have a field called balance and if it is a Char field, then the number imports fine
>I get 4,464.25 left justified
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>If I use numeric or currency I get 4.00
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>So I want to convert character 4,464.25 left justified to a number
>If I use Val(Balance) if get 4.00
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>I would think it has to do with Rounding but I can not seem to make it work right???
>
>Thanks
>Joel in Houston

No, the problem is the "," (comma). VAL() stops at the first non-numeric character, only 0-9, sign (+/-) and decimal point are valid.

You'll have to import this in two steps, one as the character field with the comma, and then a second step that transfers the character field and translates the comma to nothing into a numeric field.