Sorry. I cannot see any relation between extra space and currency setting,
as 'picture format' has no CURRENCY SYMBOL identifier.

I can only see CURRENCY CONVENTION reflects decimal and thousands delimiter
in FORMAT/'picture format'.

Thanks anyway

Polychronis T. Kontos
Athens, Greece

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:owner-rbase-l@;sonetmail.com]On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Extra space after FORMAT function - Razzak's Reply
>
>
>
> At 07:45 AM 11/4/2002 +0200, Polychronis T. Kontos wrote:
>
> >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.
>
>
> Polychronis,
>
> The pre-leading blank space is reserved for the CURRENCY Symbol.
>
> It also depends on the LOCATION of CURRENCY Symbol.
>
> To display CURRENCY SETtings, at the mighty R> prompt, type:
>
> SHOW CURRENCY
>
> That should display the current setting for CURRENCY, including:
>
> . SYMBOL
> . LOCATION
> . DIGITS
> . CONVENTION
>
> For complete details: http://www.RSyntax.com
>
> Syntax Reference > CURRENCY
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
> Razzak.
>
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