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Can't be done. To copy the fields, they must be type and size
compatible with a CPYF. Numeric and alpha are not compatible. You are
going to have to write code to do the transformation or use SQL to
edit the field and put into an output file.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Bob P. Roche <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Edit codes don't apply to file fields when the data is stored in a numeric
format. They are for show like date formats. I've never tried to convert
type numeric to alpha in a copy command so I can't comment on that.
If you want to do convert numeric to alpha and build a new file a simple
RPGIV program to read one file and write another is how I would do it.
Then you could use the edit code to format the alpha version of the field.




From:
"Stone, Joel" <Joel.Stone@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:
08/13/2012 11:29 AM
Subject:
editing numeric fields in a physical file
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I am copying records from an input file to an output file.

Can I use edit codes in the DDS field definition of the output file such
that a CPYF *MAP will change a packed numeric field to an alpha or at
lease a zoned numeric field with zero suppression?

Is there a method to force the edit code to apply when writing to a PF?



Example:

Input physical file:


A..........T.Name++++++RLen++TDpB......Functions++++++++++
OrderAmt 7 2P



Output physical file:

A..........T.Name++++++RLen++TDpB......Functions++++++++++
OrderAmt 9 EDTCDE(N)




Data example:

input
x "0012345C"

output:

123.45



Thanks!




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