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

Thank you everyone for all your advice and assistance!!

Yes, =("025") did work for me. I inadvertently surrounded it with quotes
at first "=("025")", which of course didn't work. I am using the Quote
Function =() for all my character fields so the numeric data will be left
justified. I have solved the two initial problems I had asked.

Thanks again!

Glenn Gundermann
ggundermann@xxxxxx
(647) 272-3295

I though you said your numbers were being generated like this:

=("025"),"70010060622","70300457","5507","CO ABC"
=("025"),"70010060620","70300412","MELANIE","CO DEF"


As a result of =("025") I get 025 in cell A in Excel.

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

Seeing that I'm creating a csv file, every field is already surrounded by
double quotes.
Here's a sample of the first five columns:
"025","70010060622","70300457","5507","CO ABC"
"025","70010060620","70300412","MELANIE","CO DEF"

When opening the csv file in Excel, I get:

STATUS PICK TICKET ACCOUNT PO SHIP TO
25 70010060622 70300457 5507 CO ABC
25 70010060620 70300412 MELANIE CO DEF

So you can see I'm missing the leading 0 in the status column, and
the alignment is off for the PO column.

Tks,

Glenn Gundermann
ggundermann@xxxxxx
(647) 272-3295

Booth Martin wrote:

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