>Does anyone know of a way to determine the number of decimal places of a numeric variable or of a way to return the correct number of decimals as a String?
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>I can't find a function to determine how many decimals are stored in the variable.
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>for example:
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>n = 20.000
>? n            && returns 20.000
>? TRANSFORM(n) && Returns 20
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>I'm feeling pretty stupid not be able to figure this one out.

You could do:

cN = ALLTRIM(PADR(n,20))
nDecimal = RAT(".",cN)

or combine into one statement:

nDecimal = RAT(".",ALLTRIM(PADR(n,20)))