RE: padding char field with 0

["Westdorp, Tom" <Tom.Westdorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Here's a snippet that does just that (v5r1):

EvalR bi_RP_BALANCE = %editc(rp_balance:'X');
bi_RP_BALANCE = %xlate(' ':'0':bi_RP_BALANCE);             //'Don't Remove!!



-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:15 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: padding char field with 0


eval   field2 = '00' + field1

> From: Smith, Mike
>
> I need to move 1 character field with a length of 9 to another character
> field with the length of 11.  The second field needs right adjusted and
> padded with leading *zeros.
> i'm trying to do it using only EVAL,EVALR  no MOVE.  I'm drawing blanks.

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