RE: %CHAR

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Could you share with us closet C++ programmers the "in C++ there are
better ways to do it" that you mentioned?

Bob Cozzi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of Jim Langston
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:19 PM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: %CHAR
>
> The C function to convert numeric into character is sprintf (string
print
> function) and goes something like:
> char MyBuffer[50];
> int  MyInt = 2015;
> sprintf(MyBuffer, "%i", MyInt);
>
> You really don't want to do it this way, and in c++ there are better
ways to
> do it, and this is considered depreciated by c++ programmers.
>
> RPG has better ways to convert numeric to character, and you should
use them
> instead.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
>
> Buck,
>
> I was hoping to see the C functions to convert the numeric into
character.
> Or am I confused and they're just useful for the other way?
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