Re: Method to convert "6p36" to 1.5?

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From: John Shanley
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:39

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Ana:

6p36 isn't a very natural expression. It breaks down to 9p0.

Regardless, you need to read the string looking for the "p" separator. Everything to the left multiply by 12, then add it to the value to the right of the "p". Finally divide by 72.

Do you need AS or VB?

Back in 1992 I wrote a DTP measurement converter program called Cubit Meister in VB. If you're using VB, I could try and dig up the code?

JohnS

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