Re: Editing leading zeroes

And edit code 'X' has the edge, because it works independent of field
length.

Joep Beckeringh


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cozzi (RPGIV)" <cozzi@rpgiv.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Cc: <rpgiv@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 10:47 PM
Subject: RE: Editing leading zeroes


> Run this code and look at the results. Edit Code X and the good old MOVE
> operation produce identical results, in this situation. The EditW to a
> 9-position field truncates on byte due to the inclusion of the negative
> sign (so you'll need 10 bytes if you prefer EDITW).
>      D SSN             S              9P 0 Inz(023456789)
>      D SSNAlpha1       S              9A
>      D SSNAlpha2       S              9A
>      D SSNAlpha3       S              9A
>      C                   eval      ssnAlpha1 = %EditW(ssn : '0
> ')
>      C                   eval      ssnAlpha2 = %editc(ssn : 'X')
>      C                   MOVE      SSN           ssnAlpha3
>      C                   EVAL      *INLR  = *ON
>
> Bob Cozzi