Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2005 20:37:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Tony Yang <tonyyangsxz@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tony Yang <tonyyangsxz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: number of digits after decimal dot
Comments: To: Philip Primak <pprimak@gmail.com>
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Hi, Philip;
 You can try to use SCAN function and set . as a delimiter, then you can use
LENGTH function to count the number of digits.
 Hope this helps.
 Best regards,
Tony

 On 11/8/05, Philip Primak <pprimak@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> What is the simplest way to calculate number of digits after decimal
> dot (without converting to character, etc)?
>
> x=1.2345 nd=4
> x=801.500 nd=1
> x=20 nd=0
> x=3.14 n=2
> ...
>
> Thank you
> Philip Primak
>