Just to clean up a potential misunderstanding
code:
$number=''+$number
is using two (2) single quotes (') to delimit an emptyt string, not one (1) double quote (").Thus, three options would be
code:
$string=''+$number
$string=""+$number
$string=cstr($number)
. However, FORMATNUMBER() could also be used in certain cases.

[ 12. May 2003, 14:35: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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