Re: Moving negative numeric value to character field

try this:

C     eval  fldc = %editc(fldn: 'N')

Other edit codes will give other formats of the output.

(You'll *love* the %bifs after using them a few times.)


Banerjee, Amitava wrote:

Hi

I am moving a numeric field to a character field in a simple RPG program. In some cases the numeric field has negative value (say 1-). Then at the time it is being moved to the character field, the character field is having a curly bracket }, in place of the negative sign. I defined the numeric field as Zoned, I also tried to define it as Binary. In both cases, same thing is happening. But, I don't want the } symbol. How can I get the negative sign in the character field? Below is the code: d fldn s 7S 2 d fldc s 7A C z-add -3 fldn c move fldn fldc c fldn dsply c fldc dsply c seton lr The displayed values:

DSPLY      300-

DSPLY 000030} Thanks

Amitava

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