Re: CSV - how to keep leading zeros and alignment problems

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Surround the field with double quotes.

C        eval    wString = %trim(wString) + ',"' +  %editc(Number: 
'X')  + '"'


Glenn Gundermann wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I haven't ventured into the POI world yet so I'm using RPG to create a
> .csv file in the IFS using the unix APIs like open(), write(), etc.
>
> I can't figure out how to keep leading zeros for a numeric field.
>
> An old article of Bob Cozzi in MC Press said to use the quote function,
> e.g. =("001") but I get =(001")" in my column.  Perhaps the quote function
> will only work for people using CPYTOIMPF.
>
> I've tried putting in an apostrophe in the front.  I get '001 in my cell
> instead of 001.
>
> Secondly, I have a column (P.O. #) that should be character but the data
> sometimes is numeric.  The character data is left-justified and the
> numeric data is right-justified.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Tks,
>
> Glenn Gundermann
> ggundermann@xxxxxx
> (647) 272-3295
>