>>>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, "@$")
>--------
>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

Hi Rob,

Nice to hear from you too.

How about:

lcstring = TRANSFORM(my_amt)
lcstring = CHRTRAN(lcstring, ".", "")
lcstring = PADR(lcstring, 8, "0")
lcstring = PADR(lcstring, 9, "0")