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  3. July 2004

Re: converting string to a numeric

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> and I end up with a string that represents a date in the form CYYMMDD.
>  But what I really need is a number in that format.

Well, if you either always have all digit positions filled, or you can add
code to guarantee that the number is right-adjusted and padded with
zeroes, then all you have to do is define an anonymous data structure
overlaying your string variable with a zoned decimal. Just don't attempt
to access the zoned decimal value until you can guarantee it's a valid
zoned decimal number.

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JHHL

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