Re: Moving negative numeric value to character field

Another difference between %Editx and %Char is that %Char does zero
suppression. If you don't want that (like with SSNs), use %EditC with the
'X' edit code.

On 5/4/06, Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Obvious answer.

EditC allows you to chose a predetermined format.
EditW allows you to format a number that isn't predetermined for example a
phone number.
Char converts number to a character string.

Michael Schutte




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             05/04/2006 12:03          Re: Moving negative numeric value
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Could knowing people shed light on the differences between %char,
%editw, & %editc?  Is there a preference?  Is there different behavior?
  Is %char a subset of %editc(fld: 'J')?


Bob Cozzi wrote:
> eval  fldc = %char(fldn)
>
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