RE: Beginner needs help w/ decimal field to text field

Here's some pseudo code:

Z-add the number to a zoned field that has a character overlay.

Move the character field to an array.

Use another array for the result.

If the number is negative make the first cell in the result array a minus
sign.

Go through the source array.  If the character is not blank, move it to the
target array incrementing its index.

Insert the decimal point at the proper point.  (it should always come after
the seventh character in the source array if it's a 9,2.)

This could probably be made a little more elegant, but this is one approach.


You could also do this with substringing and concatenation, but I tend to
think of arrays first--it's a matter of taste.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Waugh [mailto:jwaugh@collectcorp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:06 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Beginner needs help w/ decimal field to text field
> 
> 
> I have a decimal field... 9 digits, 2 decimals.  I need to 
> move it into a character field of 14 characters, complete 
> with negative sign and decimal. I need it to be left 
> justified and padded with blanks.  Examples:
> 
> 9.32 (00000000932)   should become   '9.32          '
> -456.34 should become '-456.34       '
> 
> 
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