That's good.... but it's the wrong direction :-(
Dan
Rick Gadbois wrote:
> What about StrPrintF(str,"%lu",123456789; ??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Ardiri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 2:06 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: Converting string to word
>
> > Judging by the lack of emails in the archive on this matter, I have a
> feeling
> > that I'm being an idiot.... In any event :
> >
> > How do I convert a string like "123456789" and store it as a numeric? I
> can't use StrAToI
> > since integers max out at 65535.
>
> why not??
>
> break it up into two strings.. and then two words..
>
> ie: StrAToI("12345") * 10000 + StrAToI("6789");
>
> to be on the safe side, assume your numbers are 4 characters wide
> 0..9999 :)) and it should work!!
>
> cheers
>
> // az
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