From: assemblywizard@gmail.com   
      
   yes, I have your code, IT DOESN'T WORK!   
      
   Obviously, you haven't tried running through VAL...   
      
   John   
      
   "Jim Leonard"  wrote in message   
   news:1117172911.192666.105200@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > John Smith wrote:   
   >> That string cannot...  VAL does like this...   
   >> VAL(string, real, integer);   
   >   
   > You have answered your own question.  Use VAL() to convert the string.   
   >   
   > Your VAL() was never a problem... it was your original "build the   
   > string one character at a time" code, which I fixed in my original   
   > posting.   
   >   
      
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