Yes, I also use SET("POINT") in similar cases myself. I guess that I am not completely awake yet. :-)

>the safety version :-)
>
>?CHRTRAN(STR(130.30,6,2),SET("POINT"),"-")
>
>MartinaJ
>
>>>Dear Experts
>>>
>>>This is numeric type variable and holds
>>>nvar1=137.30
>>>
>>>I want to convert it into string as
>>>cvar1='137-30'
>>>
>>>Please note - in cvar1
>>>I want to display into grid column.
>>>
>>>Please help
>>
>>

cVa1r=chrtran(str(nVar1),'.','-')