>>>>>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.
>
>Whoops, make that--
>

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

Duh!
---- thanks... the PADR does not work. I can not get the
"0"'s to go were there are blanks..