Re: string to numeric? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Rick wrote:
>Does anyone know of a built-in-function or operation code (RPGIV) to
>convert a string variable to a numeric?
>
>For example: string (10a) = "1,245.02  "
>             converts to:
>             numeric (9,2) = 000124502
>
>I know that I could write a procedure to do it, but with as much as RPG
>has grown up lately, I thought maybe there was an easier way.

RPG hasn't grown up that much!  You'll have to write your own
procedure.

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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