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Well, then, how about something that should work in all circumstances ("should" being the operative word here, I have not tested this) /free alpha = %xlate(' ':'0':%editc(numeric:'L')); /end-free This should provide a decimal, a negative sign when necessary, and leading zeros. Duane Hans wrote: > Yeah, that should work. (Of course, that still only works with > non-negative values.) > > Cheers! Hans > > > rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > then either > > alpha = *all'0'; > > or > > alpha = *off; > > > > followed by > > evalr alpha = alpha + %char(numeric); > > > > would work? > > > > Rob Berendt > > >
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