R: Floating Point Question

[Fabrizio Gurrieri <fabrizio.gurrieri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could use the "C" function such as atoi (alpha to integer) or atof
(alpha to float).
This function run like this:


                                                           
 D atoi            PR            10I 0                     
 D                                     EXTPROC('atoi')     
 D  atoichar                       *                       
 D                                     VALUE               
 D                                     OPTIONS(*STRING)    
 D WrkNum       S              9  3                     


C                   EVAL      WrkNum = atof(%TRIM('  +1.2345678E005  '))



N.B. atof need "."  as decimal separator (not comma).


I hope this can help you.




 -----Messaggio originale-----
Da:     Reger, Bill [mailto:breger@levitz.com] 
Inviato:        mercoledì 24 maggio 2000 15.40
A:      RPG400-L@midrange.com
Oggetto:        Floating Point Question

In an RPG ILE program, I have a 14-byte alpha Field that contains the
external representation of a floating point value, for example:
+1.2345678E005.  How can I take this alpha field and convert it into a
4-byte Floating Point Field (with the value 123456.78 in this example)?

Neither the %EDITFLT (Convert to Float External Representation) or %FLOAT
(Convert to Floating Format) BIF's do what I need.  I don't have any
experience working with Floating Point fields.  Does anyone have any ideas
for me?

Thanks,  Bill

William K. Reger
Senior Project Manager
Levitz Furniture Corporation
Phone:  (561) 994-5114
Web:  www.wrkdbf.com <http://www.wrkdbf.com/> 
E-mail:  breger@levitz.com <mailto:breger@levitz.com> 
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