RE: Converting a string to a number in RPG

From %dec help:

"The decimal point is optional. It can be either a period or a comma."

I'd imagine this is your issue. It's expecting blanks, numbers, and one
decimal point (in this case the system thinks you have 2 decimal points,
thus it's invalid).

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frances Denoncourt
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 3:41 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RE: Converting a string to a number in RPG

It just so happens that I had just written a clunky routine to convert a
character field to numeric when I saw these posts.
The value is LETOTL = ' 1,492.05'
So, I tried this instead:
Eval #Amount = %Dec(LETOTL:11:2)
Where #Amount is defined
D #Amount S 11 2
However, I got this error message:
A character representation of a numeric value is in error.

Is my problem with the comma?
We are at V5R4M0
Thanks,


Fran Denoncourt
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On 12/29/2008 at 8:08 AM, in message

<OF69A3F30F.2F65B4DE-ON8525752E.0052F151-8525752E.005338D4@xxxxxxxxx>,
<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Check the V5R3 RPGLE Reference available via the infocenter at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/books/sc0925
08.pdf

Since V5R3 is scheduled for destruction in a few months you may want to
download that.

Rob Berendt