Re: move vs eval

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth Martin wrote:
> Lets say I have two fields: one Dec12 (12/5) and one Alph15 (15Alpha)
> I wish the 12/5 (value of 1.5) to be in the 15Alpha field as
> 000000000150000'
>
> I can do:
>    C  Z-Add   Dec12     Tmp15              15  0
>    C  Move    Tmp15     Alph15
>
> Now:  how do I do the equivalent with Eval?

First of all, that bit of code won't do it.  I think you want to
declare the temp field as 15,5, not 15,0.

Now, on to the task at hand.  Try something like:

      alpha = %editc(%dec(num:15:5):'X');

Cheers!  Hans