RE: %editc with leading 0s and decimal

Hans said:

>Well, if %EDITW does what you want, then
>why not just use that?
>
>But if you want to avoid %EDITW, then
>you can always try:
>%xlate(' ':'0':%editc(num:'3'))

Which requires a V5 OS/400 release.  The request didn't mention them, but
%xlate doesn't handle negative numbers.  If, for instance the input number
was -12.34, you would probably use the L edit code, which would result in
00012.34-  If you use an L edit code on a positive number like 12.34 you
would get 00012.340, because of the trailing space where the sign would go.
Of course you could wrap that up in a test and use edit code 3 for positive
numbers and L for negative numbers, but why go through that?

Hans' comment about %editw makes sense to me.
  --buck