Re: editc and leading minus sign

["Troy Foster" <tfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just *ZERO balances.

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On 7/3/2006 at 10:25 AM BSchwar@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello, I need to format a 7,2 numeric field (vlcontamt) to 7 alpha with
> leading zeros and a left hand minus sign.
> I've searched the archives and found references to the 'N' edit code, but
> that suppresses leading zeros.
>
> eval      wrk11a     = %editc(vlcontamt:'P')
>
> Results when running program is in debug mode:
>
> positive amount   WRK11A = '    61.10  '
> negative amount         WRK11A = '    -8.6710  '
>
> I thought the "P" edit code was supposed to provide leading zeors?
>
>
> Thank You and happy 4th of July!
>
> Bob Schwartz
> Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick Campus
> email    bschwar@xxxxxxxx
>
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