RE: String to Numeric

>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:20:01 -0600
>From: "Anthony C. Paul" <anthony.paul@rcmt.com>
>
>d  input_field    s             10
>d  fld_variable   s             10a   varying
>d  numeric_fld    s             10  0
> *
> ...
>c     ' '           CHECKR(E) input_field   Num               2 0
>c                   eval      %len(fld_variable) = Num
>c     Num           SUBST     input_field:1 fld_variable
>c                   move(p)   fld_variable  numeric_fld
> *
>c                   seton                                        lr

Letting the compiler do the variable-length work, you get:
c                   eval      fld_variable = %trim(input_field)
c                   move(p)   fld_variable  numeric_fld

Barbara Morris


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