>Hi Goerge,
>
>>lcInput= '###,###,###.####'
>>lnlbs = OCCURS("#", SUBSTR(lcInput, RAT('.', lcInput)))
>>lcOutput = FORCEEXT(lcInput, REPLICATE('0', lnlbs))
>
>That works
>
>Actually I was thinking:
>
>

?forceext(lcIn, replicate('0', len(justext(lcIn))))
>
>or
>
>?forceext(lcIn, replicate('0', len(lcIn)-rat('.',lcIn)-1))

Like the first one better. And it works in 5.0 with Foxtools< g >.