RE: move Num -> Char

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mohammed K wrote:

>I have a Numeric Field of Length 11,3 which has value -800.00 (Negative
>800). I wan    t to move this to a character field of length 11 which
should
>have value as  -800.00 only.  But when I move to character field it goes as
>00000800000}. Is there any way by which I can get the result as expected? 
>(I don't want to use CAT/SUBST/CHECK operations)

That is the way MOVE is supposed to work - it preserves the bit pattern of
the number exactly.  Others will no doubt mention using RPG IV - look at
%trim as well as %editc.  The reason I add my post is the remark about
avoiding CAT/SUBST/CHECK.  Why eliminate them from the solution of your
problem?  Did you try to use them and find a problem?

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
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 Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle


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