>>>I want to convert an arbitrary number with an arbitrary number of decimal places to a string and back, and get the exactly the same number, for example:
>>>
>>>1234.5678 to string "1234.5678" to number again 1234.5678
>>>456 to string "456" to number again 456 (not 456.00)
>>>987654325.123456 to string "987654325.123456" to number again 987654325.123456
>>>
>>>I don't know in advance the number of digits or number of decimal digits.
>>>
>>>I don´t mind if the string is in any other format, like binary bytes or anything like that, I just want to get exactly the same number back. This is for storing a numeric value in the registry as a binary string, and then get back the number stored.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
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>>Carlos,
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>>This looks promising
>>

>>(1) store in reg:
>>transf(xxx)
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>No, this should be rtrim(padr(xxx,100))


Why, if I may ask ??

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>>(2) get it back
>>yyy = eval(retrieved from reg)
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>Good idea.