Re: Converting Alpha left justified to numeric

[MWalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Eric,

Which version of the OS?

If you are on V5R2, you could use %DEC. Otherwise, look at the atoi() c
function. I have a dirty example if you want.

Thanks,

Mark

Mark D. Walter
Senior Programmer/Analyst
CCX, Inc.
mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.ccxinc.com


                                                                                
                                                                    
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To the list,

I need to convert an alpha field into numeric - I used to do it with a loop
but was wondering if there was an easier way.

Scenario - the field is 15 Alpha and the number is left justified with
leading zeros removed (0000001 is 1 + 6 blanks).  I want to convert it to a
numeric field to be 0000001.

Any suggestions or do I stay with the loop - reading from right to left
looking for the first non-blank character and moving it into another array
starting with the 7th position and counting backward?

TIA...
Eric A. Wolf
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