>Does TRANSFORM() work for you?
>
>? TRANSFORM(1234.56000) && you should get the string "1234.56000"

Fred

Yes it does, now how do you get 1234.56000 back, as a number, like:

lnx = 123.45678
lcx = transform(lnx)    && "123.45678"
lny = somefunction(lcx) && get 123.45678 type numeric back

Carlos