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how to convert number to string
Posted: July 10th, 2012, 5:16 am
by vanndy
Hello,
How can I convert number to string in logic code of entry form?
Regards,
Vanndy
Re: how to convert number to string
Posted: July 10th, 2012, 9:48 am
by Gregory Martin
There are two ways to do this, with the
edit or
maketext functions. For example, to get the value of pi to the thousandths place, you could write:
PROC GLOBAL
numeric pi = 3.14159265;
alpha piAsString;
// PROC ....
piAsString = edit("9.999",pi);
// or
piAsString = maketext("%0.3f",pi);