RE: v5r2 %dec using character argument causing RNQ0105

[Dan <dbcerpg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sheesh.  I really *did* RTFM!  It was right under my nose and I missed it.

<sheepish grin>
Thanks Rick!
- Dan

--- "Chevalier, Rick" <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dan,
> 
> It's the comma.  The following is taken from the RPG reference manual.
> 
> *-----------------------------------------------------------------
> * If the character data is known to contain non-numeric characters
> * such as thousands separators (like 1,234,567) or leading
> * asterisks and currency symbols (like $***1,234,567.89), some
> * preprocessing is necessary to remove these characters from the
> * data.
> *-----------------------------------------------------------------
> D data s 20a inz('$1,234,567.89')
> D num s 21p 9
> /free
> // Use the %XLATE builtin function to replace any currency
> // symbol, asterisks or thousands separators with blanks
> num = %dech(%xlate('$*,' : ' ' : data)
> : 21 : 9);
> // If the currency symbol or thousands separator might
> // vary at runtime, use variables to hold these values.
> num = %dech(%xlate(cursym + '*' + thousandsSep : ' ' : data)
> : 21 : 9);
> 
> Rick


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