Re: Return Value of Function ?!?!

If you want to get the numeric long integer value of chars, try

    FUNCTION = VAL(chars)

if you're trying to retrieve the text or "string" representation of chars
then 
you need to declare the function as such, like this

    DECLARE FUNCTION read_gho_description(ghofile AS ASCIIZ * 50) AS
STRING

Note the "AS STRING" on the end. Then the rest is simple.

FUNCTION read_gho_description(ghofile AS ASCIIZ * 50) AS STRING
....
    FUNCTION = chars
END FUNCTION


I hope this helps
Buck