Re: Convert Float to Dec

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Malchow, Grizzly" wrote:
> 
> FltPrice = atoF(Chardata);
> 
> DecPrice = %DecH(FltPrice:5:4);
> 
> I get the following error when Chardata = '12.2963    '
> 
> Invalid floating-point format change detected.
> 
> The target for a numeric operation is too small to hold the result (C G
> D F)
> 
> I've tried increasing the side of DecPrice, but that doesn't help. Is
> 12.2963 too large of a value to convert?

It's not the size of your DecPrice variable, its your %DECH length. 
Your %DECH says to return a value with 5 digits and 4 decimals, leaving
only one integer digit.  12.2963 requires at least two integer digits. 
Try %DecH(FltPrice:6:4).  But I would use the maximum number of digits:
%DecH(FltPrice:30:4) (I think you are on V5R1, so 30 is the maximum
there.)