RE: %Int

Since we are still on V5R1, I found a function on Usenet in the Google
archives (comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc) that Barbara Morris wrote called GetNum,
and we use that. It works fine, and will return blanks as zeros.  We put
that into a service program and plan to keep using it even after we upgrade
to V5R3.

Francis Lapeyre
IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.



-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
Sent: Monday, August 9, 2004 12:55 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: %Int

Tim Kredlo wrote:
> 
> I am using %Int to convert an alpha screen field (6D B CHECK(RB) ) to 
> a shorter numeric field (5S 0).
> Works except when the field is ALL blanks, then I get a 'A character 
> representation of a numeric value is in error' error.
> 
> Checked manual ("Blanks are allowed anywhere in the data. For example, 
> ' + 3 ' is a valid parameter.") and archives.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong or does %Int not work with 'all blank' fields.
> 

%Int doesn't work with all blank fields.  Blanks are allowed anywhere, but
not everywhere.

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