Re: EDTCDE(Z) in a alfa field

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

YES.  Under V4R4 the %CHAR built-in function was implemented as it was
originally requested.
Prior to V4R4 %CHAR only converted date field values to character.
Effectively the same function as the MOVEL opcode.



Bob Cozzi
www.rpgiv.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <bellis@ORIENTAL.COM>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: EDTCDE(Z) in a alfa field


>
>
> The %EDITC BIF works well for this type of application.
> However, I'm not sure that the %CHAR would work.  I know under V4R1 that
%CHAR
> is meant for converting only Date fields or Date Literals to Character
> representation.
> Has that been changed in later releases?
> Thank you.
>
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>
>
> Silvio wrote:
> >I have an integer (3,0) that I need to CONCAT with another field to send
to the
> screen as an >alfa field.
> >When I do a MOVELVNT VALF, if my variable as the value "56" when it will
> happens that the VALF >will
> >have the "056" value. My question is how can I eliminate the "0" and
therefore
> have the value >"56 " in VALF ?
>
> If you are using ILE RPG, it's easy.  On V3R7 or above, use
> %TRIML(%EDITC(VNT:'Z')).  On V4R4, it's even easier:  %CHAR(VNT).
>
> If you're still using the old RPG, use CVTRPGSRC to convert your
> program to RPG IV, then use one of the above techniques.
>
> If you really need to stick with the old RPG, then you could use
> opcode CHECK to locate the first non-zero character, then SUBST
> to get the actual digits.
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
>
>
>
>
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