[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Numeric-format for STRING(DECIMAL)

[Lieven De Foor]

Answering myself. DEFINE VARIABLE Pi AS DECIMAL NO-UNDO INITIAL 3.14159. DEFINE VARIABLE PiString AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO. /* Store as American format decimal string */ ASSIGN PiString = REPLACE(STRING(Pi), SESSION:NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT, ".":U). /* Restore as decimal */ ASSIGN Pi = DECIMAL(REPLACE(PiString, ".":U, SESSION:NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT)).

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