Re: parse a negative number out of a before image string

I'm a little confused as to why this is an issue because normally one would simply map a LikeRec definition of the field in question over the buffer and take the field from that. Then if you really need it as a string you would format it like any other number to string with the appropriate %EditC or %EditW.

Can you clarify the problem a little more?

On Oct 30, 2019, at 3:23 PM, Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

so i have string in my sqlrpgle that was produced from a trigger that
contains a negative numeric value in it...
for reference as such... '121200000002632J07182016 '

My negative value is 002632J0, (defined 7,2) which in the table shows
263.21-

Assuming I can "acquire" that string from the before image string, once I
have it in a host variable, how do I convert it to a proper string showing
'-263.21'?

tia

jay
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