>PADL(), PADR() and PADC() will all do an automatic conversion to character type. Very useful whan you have to do things like displaying leading zeroes.
>
>? PADL(123, 5, "0")
>instead of
>? PADL( LTRIM( STR( 123)), 5, "0")
>
>Even more useful (sometimes) is the fact that the resulting string will retain ALL decimal places.
>
>? PADL(123.4567, 10)
>Unlike STR(), which must be told explicitly how many places to retain.
>? STR(123.4567, 10)
>? STR(123.4567, 10, 2)
>
>Just passing it along.


Mark,
a tip well worth knowing buuuut!!, it's always been this way in Fox

Cheers

Pete Kane