>Hi Ed,
>
>Sorry for my prev. message, I haven't read yours carefully. '123 ' it's not the case, because I'm using alltrim, but -/+ does. But I can simply add
>and !'-'$lcString or !'+'$lcString
>
>Right?
Nadya,
Or you could use the TYPE() function and it will work everytime without any special coding.
lcVar = "123"
TYPE(lcVar) = "N"