RE: Removing a dash from a phone number

["Joel R. Cochran" <jrc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

%subst won't do it but %replace should... sorry, I don't have a real example
in front of me but it should be like:

/free
  z = %scan( '-' : myField );
  myField = %replace( ' ' : myField : z : 0 );
/end-free

HTH,

Joel R. Cochran
Director of Internet Services
VamaNet.com
(800)480-8810
mailto:custservice@vamanet.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Houchin [mailto:jhouchin9@charter.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 12:28 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Removing a dash from a phone number
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> Hello,
> I have a little problem. I have a phone Number that is in a
> character field. The number is 445-1234. I need to remove the
> '-'. So it reads 4451234. Can I use %SUBST to do this? If so how?
>
> Justin Houchin
> Lead Programmer
> Reliatek,Inc
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