RE: Concatenate text + numeric

[Tracy Ball <tball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barbara,

I would use the XLATE keyword to translate the space back to the zero.
Sometimes, you just have to go with what works, and then find a better
solution a little while down the road. :-)
Or define AlphaNum in the "D" spec initialized as *zeros, and substring or
*cat the values in there.

-Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:dschopp@imt.net]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:52 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Concatenate text + numeric


Barbara Morris <bmorris=G1DYhSM1WHTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> helped
spread the news by saying:

> Dave wrote:
>>
>> I need to combine an alpha field with a numeric field to create a
>> single alpha-numeric field (makes sense) like thus:
>>
>>     Alpha = "XX"
>>    Number = 01234
>>
>> When I use the statement
>>
>>       EVAL   AlphaNum = Alpha + %char(Number)
>>
>> I end up with AlphaNum = "XX 1234".  I've tried
>>
>
> Dave, try
>
>       EVAL   AlphaNum = %trim(Alpha) + %char(Number)
>


Barbara -

        Wouldn't this would give me "XX1234 " ?  That wouldn't be what I'm
looking for.



--
David Schopp
WISDM Team Leader
Computers Unlimited


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