Re: Converting Alpha left justified to numeric

V4R5 OS

Eric

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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Converting Alpha left justified to numeric


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> Eric,
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> Which version of the OS?
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> 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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>                     "Eric A. Wolf"
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> To the list,
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> 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.
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> 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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