11 digit number passed to c-variable

[MikeL91]

i am having a problem, i have a numeric variable (99999999991) with 11 digits, and when i pass it to a charicter variable it comes out: 009.999E+10
this is the code:
cCert2 = padl(alltrim(str(nCert)),11,'0')

ncert value is 99999999991

ccert2 comes out 009.999E+10

how do i make cCert2 "99999999991"


thanks in advance

-Mike

 

[Mike Gagnon]

MikeL91

This works for me

nCert = 99999999991
?STR(ncert,11,0) Mike Gagnon

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[longda]

Or you could use this:

cCert=padl(transform(nCert),11,"0&quot

The transform() function will return the character equivalent of any other data type.

Hope this helps.

Dave

 

[MikeL91]

Dave, Transform worked for me. Thanks for your help, guys.