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  3. October 2002

RE: %editc with leading 0s and decimal

>Well, note that I specified edit code 3 in my example,
>which drops the sign.

Yup.  That's why I mentioned that the original request didn't refer to
negative numbers.  I was bringing up the idea for the sake of broadening the
solution to a more general problem set.

>I understand Seth's relucatance to use %EDITW.
>If the length of the database field changes,
>he would have to change all his edit words.

Great point; another thing to consider for a general solution.
  --buck

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