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  3. March 2005

Re: Convert Float to Dec

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> 
> First, why bother moving it into floating point? Why not go directly to
> decimal?
> Eval DecPrice = FltPrice
> 
> Second, for ATOF to work, you need the "E" embedded after the value.
> "2.2134E0" or something like that.
> -Bob
> 

atof() doesn't require scientific notation, it just supports it. 
atof('2.2134') works fine.

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