>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to set the value of a variable to a number of 18 digits.
>I'm with VFP6 SP 5.
>
>num = 810000000000000361
>
>and it displays
>810000000000000400
>
>is there any configuration parameter or anything to set length of variables to more than 16 digits?
>
>TIA
>Fabian
VFP only manages about 15 significant digits, with the usual double-precision numbers.
Currency values are accurate, to the limits they permit.
David was probably referring to my class, download #
10044. However, this may be too slow for any practical use.
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