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Re: string to numeric?

on 11/03/97at 08:13 AM, the Great and Grand  Wazir Hans Boldt
<boldt@ca.ibm.com> said:

>convert a string variable to a numeric?
>
>For example: string (10a) = "1,245.02  "
>             converts to:
>             numeric (9,2) = 000124502
>

 I am curious: what is the source of the "1,245.02 " string?  Where is the 
program getting the field? Is there a display screen in this program?

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