Is there a function in XBase to convert a numeric scientific (exponential) notation into a numeric value? VAL() does not support conversion of scientific (exponential) notation.

0.123456789e-12
1.234567890E+34
23456789012E66
12345.6789e-3
12.12345e-3 
12.12345e-5 
12.34e-5 
4.3e-5 
12.12345e+3
12.12345e+5
12.34e+5
4.3e+5

Steven,

>Is there a function in XBase to convert a numeric scientific (exponential) 
>notation into a numeric value? VAL() does not support conversion of 
>scientific (exponential) notation.

No, there is no such function (that I'm aware of), but you can easily write 
your own. Some of your example values are too large or too small to be 
(accurately) represented by Xbase++ numerical values, though.

I have attached a small program that accomplishes what you want.

Hope that helps,

Andreas

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Thanks for your sample program Andreas.