stupid question. how to splt a number up and only grab a certain set of them

This is a silly question..

I am using vb 5 presently..

I would like to take a series of numbers like...

55403324454

and only keep the first 4.. I know this is fairly easy but can't figure out how to do it... mind blank...oh I want the reslut to stay a number and not a string.

Thanks

It's the old "make change" problem.

lngTemp = 55403324454
lngPos1 = lngTemp \ 10000000000 '5
lngTemp = lngTemp Mod 10000000000 '5403324454
lngPos2 = lngTemp \ 1000000000 '5
lngTemp = lngTemp Mod 1000000000 '403324454
'etc...



Maybe it's not the most efficient way to handle it, but I would probably do this in a pinch:

Dim sTemp as string
Dim iPos as Integer
Dim iLen as Integer
Dim arPos() as Integer

sTemp = CString("55403324454")
iLen = len(sTemp)

Redim arPos(iLen)

for iPos = 0 to (iLen - 1)
arPos(iPos) = CInt(mid(sTemp, iPos, 1))
next iPos

If you always want to keep the first four, you could just use the following code:


Function FirstFourDigits(byval Number as Long) as Long
Dim lngReturn as Long
'
'get the 4 leftmost digits using the Left function.
lngReturn = Clng(Left$(Number,4))
'Return the value.
FirstFourDigits = lngReturn
'
End Function




Hope that helps,
Rippin