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Re: Char to num

  • Subject: Re: Char to num
  • From: Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:18:13 -0500
 
At 11:24 10/05/1999 , Scott Swaim wrote:
>I have having a brain freeze this morning.  In CL how do I convert a
>Character to Number?

In RPG, TESTN to make sure it's a number and then MOVE to a numeric variable.
In CL, use CHGVAR and monitor for a data exception
In SQL, DECIMAL() or one of the other cast operators and test SQLCOD. I'm 
not sure exactly for what.
Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall
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