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/* converts a numeric to a string with optional width & precision.
This function should be used by any function that wants to format numeric
data for displaying, printing, or putting in a database.

Note: The caller is responsible for calling hb_xfree to free the results
buffer, but ONLY if the return value is not a NULL pointer! (If a NULL
pointer is returned, then there was a conversion error.)
*/
char * hb_itemStr( PHB_ITEM pNumber, PHB_ITEM pWidth, PHB_ITEM pDec )

/* converts a numeric to a padded string iSize length and iDec number
of digits after dot.
Note: szResult has to be at least iSize + 1 length.
*/
BOOL hb_itemStrBuf( char * szResult, PHB_ITEM pNumber, int iSize, int iDec )

/* Set to asterisks in case of overflow */
if( iPos < 0 )
{
memset( szResult, '*', iSize );
return FALSE;
}