>I was wondering if there is a function that will count the legth in a numeric field.
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>My initial approach was to convert the numeric field to a character field, trim the field, and then use LEN().
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>I am looking for the shortest route.
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>Thanks..
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>>> Wes
For the case of positive integers, you can use a combination of log10() and ceiling():
? ceiling(log10(12345))
You can also convert negative integers to positive with abs().
And, log10(0) would give you an error message.
Come to think of it, len(trans(MyNumber)) seems much simpler, after all.
Hilmar.
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