This may help:
lc="12,345.67"
?val(chrtran(lc,",",""))

>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone know of a quick and easy (to be used in a select statement) way to convert a transformed amount back to its value.
>
>If I originally had the number 12345.67
>this has become the string "12,345.67" or "12.345,67" depending on the separators.
>
>and now I need to do a numeric > or < so I need it as a number again.
>
>Any ideas?
>PS I can't store it as both so that is not an option.