>>my_amt = 12.45
>>my_amt = str(my_amt)
>>
>>When I change my dollar amount of 12.45 to a string, I loose the
>>decimal point values. When I do a (?my_amt) it shows the 12
>>and I loose the .45.. Could someone tell me what happend to the
>>deciaml values?
>
>Hi Robert,
>
>In VFP 6.0, use:

>? TRANSFORM(my_amt)
>* Or
>? TRANSFORM(my_amt, "@$")

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Hi George - nice to hear from you again..
What I need to do is take a number (12.45) and
strip out the "." to make 1245, then show the implied
deciaml place. When I am finished, it should look like...
000012450 - this would be float data type of 6.3 - thanks