Steve/Héctor,
With VFP 7 SP1, the precision is stored by VFP and using transform doesn't change it.
x = 456.461
x = x + .0010
? x
? transform(x)
VFP will do this until it reaches it reaches its limit of 16 digits of precision (combination of whole and decimal values).
HTH.
>Héctor,
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>Thats a tricky question. For example:
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>x = 456.4618
>x = x + .0002
>? x
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>I don't really see how it can be done, because the x in the above example is accurate to the ten-thousandths position. Any attempt to use a function such as MOD() or TRANSFORM() to determine the precision would indicate that it is only accurate to the thousandths position.
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>Of course determining the length to the left of the decimal is a piece of cake.
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>I'm curious...what do you need this information for?
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>>Hi, I need to make a function wich returns the lenght of a numeric expresion. Lets say that I have a number, 456.4618 and I want to know how many integers and decimals positions there are. This function must return that there are 3 integers and 4 decimals.
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>>Any idea?
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>>Thanks
Larry Miller
MCSD
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