Re: Char to numeric conversion question

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

this kinda hits me as doing it the hard way...  Why not do a write to a PF
or look at something like compleo to import to a .xls?



On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Paul Jackson wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> Ok here's my problem. I am converting a spool file
> into a data base work file.  I am reading the spooled
> file records and trying to convert edited numeric
> values into packed fields for storage.
> 
> For example I have a value from the spool file that
> comes in as character 'bbbbb25.03' and I want to put
> this into a 9,2 packed field.
> 
> I looked for RPGIV built in functions but could find
> none that seemed to do the job.  Any suggestions on
> how to do this in a relatively simple way?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> -Paul
> 
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