>Hi All
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>How many decimal places is it safe to go to when converting a numeric to a string
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>When using STR(85.76,32,14), I get the string "85.76000000000001"
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>Is there some limit that I can safely assume eg str(n,n,13)
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>Thanks
>
>Simon

Hi Simon,

Check this thread Forum: Visual FoxPro Category: Coding, syntax & commands Title: Re: Check for number of digits in a number Thread #598086 Message #598140 Instead of using STR() you may just use alltrim(PADR(lnNumber,100))