G'day Polychronis, My guess is that it is to accommodate the minus sign if one exists.
At 07:45 04/11/02 +0200, you wrote:
Warmest regards,Rbase 1.851xRT03 win SET V vcurr CURR = 123456.78 SET V vtcurr TEXT = (FORMAT(.vcurr,'000000.00')) SHOW V vcurr = 123,456.78 CURRENCY vtcurr = 123456.78 TEXT Is the extra space normal in variable vtcurr? Same in version 4.5++ The problem is that if ever changed, all programs must change.
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