>I only use the ALLTRIM(STR()) format when I know I'm dealing with integers. If I have decimals, I pass the extra parameters to STR() that specify the number of decimals. I'm kind of leary of switching to TRANSFORM() after reading the Knowledge Base article I mentioned previously. Did you take a look at that?

Not yet, since you didn't provide a convenient link (I'm a lazy person), but I'm doing right now...
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>>>Is there any particular reason why you use TRANSFORM() instead of ALLTRIM(STR())? I just searched the MS Knowledge Base and found the following article that mentions some problems with TRANSFORM(): Q247494. I've just always used ALLTRIM(STR()), and never really looked at anything else, so I didn't know if there was a benefit to using TRANSFORM() other than less typing.
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>>One function instead of two, and also look to the difference between:
>>lnNumber=2.345678901
>>?transform(lnNumber)
>>?alltrim(str(lnNumber))
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>>>>>There may be a better way, but of the top of my head:
>>>>>
>>>>>ALLTRIM(STR(VAL( LEFT( oJC.IssMonth, 2 ) )))
>>>>
>>>>Hi Jonathan,
>>>>
>>>>With VFP6.0 I make a habit to use transform() instead of alltrim(str())
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have this string in my report:
>>>>>>SUBSTR(oJC.IssMonth,3) +' YEAR-TO-DATE RECAP THRU ISSUE ' +LEFT(oJC.IssMonth,2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>left(oJC.IssMonth,2) would be '07', '08', etc. I would like to print just '7' or '8' in my Report. What would be the simplest way to achive this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks.