Re: Issue with Numeric to Character Conversion in RPG Free -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Issue with Numeric to Character Conversion in RPG Free
From: CRPence <crp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:03:08 -0600
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EDTCDE(X) is offered up quickly and often for this common inquiry, but generally without anyone ever having stated [what IMO is a *huge*] caveat; i.e. that the X edit code is *not* /good/ for presentation of negative values.

I would suggest instead, since the EDTWRD was enhanced specifically to enable this type of output, one of:
EDTWRD('0 ') if no sign is desired
EDTWRD('0 -') if right negative sign is desired
EDTWRD('0- ') if left negative sign is desired.

Regards, Chuck

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Re: Issue with Numeric to Character Conversion in RPG Free , Gene Burns

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