Minor correction :
second line should be ? LTRIM(PADL(N,25))

>Check PADL, PADR and PADC functions
>
>Exemple
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>N = 122.011121
>? LTRIM(PADL(N),25)
>==> 122.011121
>
>
>
>>Hello people,
>>
>>I have a little question that's really bugging me...
>>I am trying to write a generic routine to work out the maximum width of the data in a column in a grid.
>>
>>If the data is Numeric I run into problems
>>Str(1.23456) returns 1
>>So I have to specify the Length & decimal places
>>Str(1.23456, 8,5)
>>
>>When I know the format of the number it's easy but how do I do this when I don't know how many dec places the number has?
>>
>>I can get this info from the source table (aFields) but there HAS to be a cleaner way of doing this.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>TIA
>>Will