>>Does TRANSFORM() work for you?
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>>? TRANSFORM(1234.56000) && you should get the string "1234.56000"
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>Fred
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>Yes it does, now how do you get 1234.56000 back, as a number, like:
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>lnx = 123.45678
>lcx = transform(lnx)    && "123.45678"
>lny = somefunction(lcx) && get 123.45678 type numeric back
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>Carlos

Numeric values don't care how many decimal places you have. Your value would be correct just by using VAL() on the string, but be cautious, it may depend on set decimals to "see" it correctly.