Bill Thanks for the explanation
Regards David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Downall Sent: 19 May 2005 12:46 To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: CTXT/FORMAT David, First of all, FORMAT() with an integer by default leaves a blank space at the left end for a "minus sign" for negative numbers. Secondly, CTXT(FORMAT()) is redundant: Format already converts the numeric or date value into text. Try this: SET VAR vtesttxt = (FORMAT(.vtestint,'[-]0000')) SET VAR vwrite = (SPUT(.vwrite,.vtesttxt,2)) SHOW V vwrite
