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

think i am figuring this out but still would appreciate help...

the J is the ebcdic version of -1... so may need a procedure to convert
that but hoping for a cleaner way

jay

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:27 AM Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

oops sorry, actually my negative value is stored in the string as
'002632J' not as '002632J0'...

where is my 1 represented in this string version???

Jay

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:23 AM 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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