Re: edit mask - Floating bracket sign (instead of $)

["Roger Pence" <rp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: ericadelong@pmsc.com <ericadelong@pmsc.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: edit mask - Floating bracket sign (instead of $)


>
>You could try to use QECEDT API to edit the numeric value (no sign please).
If
>value is negative, then eval x$ = '(' + %trim(edtval) + ')' or something
along
>that line.
>
>Eric A DeLong
>ericadelong@pmsc.com

You probably don't even need the API call,  trying using the %editc BIF
(perhaps in conjunction with Trim and a few other string-related BIFs). If
you wrapped your conversion up in a procedure, you could make the call and
conversion very cleanly.

rp


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