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  • Subject: Re: Character to Numeric
  • From: "End of the Trail" <endofthetrail@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:13:21 -0500

Hey!  I has heard this request before.  Hans, I still feel that it would be
a great function to add to RPG.

Eurrat Saylor, Jr.    endofthetrail@skyenet.net
9562 E 750 N
Walkerton, IN 46574
219-586-7970

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Slaugh <ken.slaugh@cm-inc.com>
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com' <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:02 AM
Subject: Character to Numeric


>
>Does RPG/Anything have a way of evaluating a character string to a numeric
>result?
>
>Imbedded decimal point would exist and imbedded thousands separator may or
>may not exist.  Negative sign may be placed on either left or right of
>value. If one or more non-supported characters exist the result should be
>Zero.
>
>Visual Basic has a function named Val and is coded: X = Val(somestring)
>
>Ken Slaugh  (707) 795-1512 x118
>Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
>AS/400 Network Administrator / MSE
>Client Access/400 Specialist
>http://www.cm-inc.com/
>
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