>>Hi,
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>>I have a code in the program that converts a string of numbers (not a number but a string of numbers) according to the second parameter of Transform(). For example,
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>>nNumber = 67849
>>cMask = 'M XXXXXXXXXX'
>>cNumber = transform( alltrim(str(nNumber)) + "@R" + cMask)
>>*-- the result, cNumber, should be 'M 67849'
>>

>>
>>The above works unless the cMask is 'A XXXXXXXXXX'
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>>Why does the 'A' make a difference?
>>
>>TIA
>
>I presume you've made a few typos in your example:
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cNumber = transform( alltrim(str(nNumber)), "@R " + cMask)

>(i.e. you probably wanted to have: 1. a comma rather than a "+" between the expression and the format code; 2. a space between the "@R" and character mask)
>
>IIRC in the case when the first parameter to TRANSFORM() is a string value, "A" in a mask would be the equivalent to "X" -- thus variable cNumber would contain the value "6 7849" rather than "A 6789"

Hi Naoto,
You are correct that I made some typos in my post and absolutely correctly described the typos. Sorry.
You, also, correctly described what happens when the cMask value has "A" as the first character.
Do I understand that in order for me to transfer the numbers "67849" and the mast "A XXXXXXXXX" into "A 67849" I need to do away with using "@R " and have a different approach? Like parsing the cMask?