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    #16
    RE: Number To Char

    Ron,

    You are correct, it must be done by separating out the values. A function example is;

    function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

    NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+|
    if(mod(int(numbvalue*100),100)=0,""," and "+|
    str(mod(int(numbvalue*100),100),255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

    end function

    (The 2 vertical bars are the backslash line continuation character. Change them back to backslashes)

    Regards,

    Ira J. Perlow
    Computer Systems Design & Associates
    [email protected]
    Regards,

    Ira J. Perlow
    Computer Systems Design


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      #17
      RE: Number To Char

      Thanks Ira and Charlie,

      Unfortunately I can't get Ira's function to operate. I have created the function and am trying to call it in a report, using the numeric field 'amount'. Numberspell(amount) when I try to evaluate this I get an "arguement is incorrect data type" error message. I have checked the function and Alpha says it has no errors.
      Sorry to be a pain, but I feel so close I would like to achieve my goal.

      Many thanks to all who have taken the time to respond to this thread.
      Cheers
      Tom

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        #18
        RE: Number To Char

        Works fine for me.

        Try cut and paste with this

        NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+\
        if(mod(int(numbvalue*100),100)=0,""," and "+\
        str(mod(int(numbvalue*100),100),255,0,"XBW")+" cents")
        There can be only one.

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          #19
          RE: Number To Char

          Or your amount value may reallly be character field based, even though it's all digits.
          There can be only one.

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            #20
            RE: Number To Char

            Ira,

            I know you're throwing this out as a freebie so I'm not complaining, but here are the results from the interactive editor:

            test = 145
            ? numberspell(test)
            = "One Hundred Forty Five dollars"

            for i = .01 to .99 step .01;? numberspell(test+i);next
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ten cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eleven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twelve cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Nineteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Nineteen cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Twenty Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Thirty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Forty Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Fifty Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Sixty Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Seventy Nine cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Two cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Five cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Eighty Eight cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety One cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Three cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Four cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Six cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Seven cents
            One Hundred Forty Five dollars and Ninety Seven cents

            There can be only one.

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              #21
              RE: Number To Char

              Stan,

              It's the Int() function that is giving the problem (or possibly the multiply).

              Just try ?int(145.14*100) and you'll see the wrong value. It's basically the Int function checking just the high order digits. Unfortunately, if the number ends up as 14513.999999999999999 (due to binary arithemetic issues), it doesn't have the smarts to check that it's just a rounding error. Here are 2 other ways to do it;


              function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

              NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+
              if( val(right(str(numbvalue,15,2),2))=0,""," and "+
              str(val(right(str(numbvalue,15,2),2)),255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

              end function


              function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

              NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+
              if( mod(int(numbvalue*100+.000000000001),100)=0,""," and "+
              str(mod(int(numbvalue*100+.000000000001),100),255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

              end function

              Regards,

              Ira J. Perlow
              Computer Systems Design & Associates
              [email protected]
              Regards,

              Ira J. Perlow
              Computer Systems Design


              CSDA A5 Products
              New - Free CSDA DiagInfo - v1.39, 30 Apr 2013
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              CSDA Code Utility
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                #22
                RE: Number To Char

                Stan,

                Oops!

                Add the backslashes on the 1st two lines of the expression for continuation of the lines.


                Regards,

                Ira J. Perlow
                Computer Systems Design & Associates
                [email protected]
                Regards,

                Ira J. Perlow
                Computer Systems Design


                CSDA A5 Products
                New - Free CSDA DiagInfo - v1.39, 30 Apr 2013
                CSDA Barcode Functions
                CSDA Code Utility
                CSDA Screen Capture

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                  #23
                  RE: Number To Char

                  Ira,

                  I plagirized your function and made:

                  function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

                  dec = (numbvalue-int(numbvalue))*100

                  NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+\ if(mod(dec,100)=0,""," and "+\ str(dec,255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

                  end function

                  Which sems to work, unless I'm just fooling myself.

                  Thanks - as always.

                  Stan
                  There can be only one.

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                    #24
                    RE: Number To Char

                    Reformatted

                    function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

                    dec = (numbvalue-int(numbvalue))*100

                    NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+
                    if(mod(dec,100)=0,""," and "+
                    str(dec,255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

                    end function
                    There can be only one.

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                      #25
                      RE: Number To Char

                      Reformatted and slashes


                      function NumberSpell as C(numbvalue as n)

                      dec = (numbvalue-int(numbvalue))*100

                      NumberSpell=str(int(numbvalue),255,0,"XBW")+" dollars"+\
                      if(mod(dec,100)=0,""," and "+\
                      str(dec,255,0,"XBW")+" cents")

                      end function
                      There can be only one.

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                        #26
                        RE: Number To Char

                        Hello All,

                        Just a short note to say a MASSIVE thanks to all who contributed to this thread, I now have a solution, very similar to Ira's function except changed 'Dollors' to 'Pounds' and 'Cents' to 'Pence. Thanks again.

                        Cheers
                        Tom

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                          #27
                          RE: Number To Char

                          Thanks very much. This is exactly what I was looking for. I found a reference to "Numeric Format Styles" in the documentation, but no reference as to accomplishing it.
                          Bruce Williams

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