RE: Character to Numeric

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:12:34 -0800
>From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
>
>Here's some pseudo code
>
>The procedure will return an error code of indicator type (N.)  It will
>accept two parms, the character string (const) and a numeric value to
>receive the value of the conversion.
> ...
>I've probably missed a few things.  I'll bet there's some less obvious
>method that uses the internal representation of the numbers.
> ...

Brilliant.  Except that I think a general solution would be just as
simple: 4 const parms:
  - the character string
  - the length of the zoned variable
  - the decimals of the zoned variable
  - a pointer to the zoned variable

There may indeed be some solution using the internal representation of
numbers, but I think a character-manipulation solution like this will
perform very well.

Barbara Morris


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