Fabio,

>>There was a thread about this a few days ago. You need to alltrim() the value before sending it to val().

The stated problem discussed trailing spaces.

>Not therefore simple
>

>? VAL('$95.00.....................')
>? VAL('$95.00ABCDEFGHILMNOHJYUIKDD')
>

What you post above is a different currency related issue.

This works as expected:

set decimals to 5
? VAL('95.00.....................')
? VAL('95.00ABCDEFGHILMNOHJYUIKDD')