RE: Need to Scrub/Convert Alpha to Numeric - Unique Situation

["John Brandt Sr." <pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ted,
Strip out the alpha characters then convert it. There are Unix type API's
like atoi or character to number procedures. If you need some code, e-mail
me directly and I'll send you one.
John Brandt
iStudio400.com
(903) 523-0708

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Barry [mailto:tbarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:33 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Need to Scrub/Convert Alpha to Numeric - Unique Situation


Hi All,

I've got a unique situation where I need to convert an alpha field
containing acreage information as follows:

input field is 12A and is formatted '5.034A'  I need to place this in a
field  9,4.

output field 9 4S I'm assuming would be formatted 00005.0340

How would I go about scrubbing this?

TIA,
   Ted


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