Subject Re: numbers as text From Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> Date Tue, 8 Apr 2025 02:40:58 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Charlie, That should work, but how are you doing this and what version are you using?  By how are you doing this, I mean are you entering the format/picture code in the designer, or directly in the code without a designer? I ask, because if you use any other formatting symbol, the @R must be the last code.  For instance, in one of my programs, I have the entryfield having the text centered in the entryfield and also, formatted for time, and the code in the editor looks like this:        picture = "99:99"        function = "I@R" As you can see, the @R must be the last function code put in, so if you have any other picture or function code going in, the last one need to be the @R. I did this with dBASE 2019, but this should be the same for earlier version, as far as I know. Only other reason, I have to ask. Is that number formatting too large? Billions? Really? Hope this helps. Lee On 4/7/2025 2:18 PM, Charlie wrote: > I have numbers as a string.  Might have asked this before but forgot.  I want to only use commas when user is working with them in entryfields or grids. .  Otherwise store them in the table as a string with no commas.   Using entryfields I have tried function @R 999,999,999,999 with no luck.  Can this be done without showing the commas on blank fields?