Re: Moving negative numeric value to character field

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Another difference between %Editx and %Char is that %Char does zero
suppression. If you don't want that (like with SSNs), use %EditC with the
'X' edit code.

On 5/4/06, Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Obvious answer.
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> EditC allows you to chose a predetermined format.
> EditW allows you to format a number that isn't predetermined for example a
> phone number.
> Char converts number to a character string.
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> Michael Schutte
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> Could knowing people shed light on the differences between %char,
> %editw, & %editc?  Is there a preference?  Is there different behavior?
>   Is %char a subset of %editc(fld: 'J')?
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> Bob Cozzi wrote:
> > eval  fldc = %char(fldn)
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