Re: string to numeric? -- MIDRANGE-L

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>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.

I've attached an RPG IV program that uses the MI function cvtefnd to convert a
string to a floating point value.  There are other functions in the MI Library
and the C function library that might also be useful but I don't have time to
check them all out.  See the ILE C bookshelf on the softcopy library for more
information. There may also be others on the system but .......




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