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# Convert fields

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- EXAMPLES
- WARNINGS
- BUGS

## OCCURRENCE

### ARB_NT/Species Information/Fields/Convert fields

## DESCRIPTION

### This allows you to convert the type of a species sub-field:

- Select the field to convert from the list.
- Select the type you want to convert the field into.
- Press 'CONVERT'.

### The function will fail, if the conversion would discard data, e.g. if you try to convert 'Ascii Text' into 'Numerical' and the field contains "755 nucs".

### Exceptions from this rule:

- Spaces, TABs and LFs at start/end of content will be removed silently when converting to 'Numerical' or 'Rounded numerical'
- Conversion from 'Numerical' to 'Rounded numerical' will perform rounding. The number of rounded data fields will be printed into the message box.

## NOTES

### Conversion to types 'Link' and 'MASK' is not implemented yet.

## EXAMPLES

### None

## WARNINGS

### None

## BUGS

### No bugs known