Tommy

@R means to use mask for display only.
Changing your number to a val() displays correctly.

>Me again!
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>My brain must be fried today..... sigh...
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>What I want to know is ...................
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>Given a character string like '123456789', I want them to have commas in the correct place for output in the grid.
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>Like... '1,234,567,890'
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>I tried "@R9,999,999,999,999", but I got '1234567890'
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>If I try "9,999,999,999,999", I get 1,345,789, ????????????????????
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>I used to know this in another life... sigh....
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>OK gurus... what am I doing wrong today (besides breathing)????
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>Thanks!