Re: AW: RPGLE string to number

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did not know this!  Thanks pots & pots. 

Birgitta Hauser wrote:
> > > First, are there any embedded blanks within the numeric portion of the pro number?
> > > If so, that is another piece of the problem to deal with, and in that caseI would probably load the pro number into a 20 element array and then do a
> > > for-loop through each element of the array and pick off each numeric
> > > element.
> > >
> > > The built-in-functions %DEC/%DECH and %INT/%INTH ignore/remove embedded
> > > blanks.
> > > That means the following examples work:
> > >
> > > D String            S                 50A
> > > D Num               S                 15P 5
> > >  /Free
> > >     String = '      123.45 ';
> > >     Num    = %Dec(String: 15: 5)   //Num = 123.45000
> > >     String = '  12 345. 67 ';
> > >     Num    = %Dec(String: 15: 5);  //Num = 12345.6700
> > >
> > >     String = ' + 123   456, 12  345 ';
> > >     Num    = %Dec(String: 15: 5)   //Num = 123456.12345
> > >
> > >     String = '      1 3 5 . 7 9   - ';
> > >     Num    = %Dec(String: 15: 5)   //Num = - 135.79
> > >
> > >     String = *Blanks;
> > >     Num    = %Dec(String: 15: 5)  //--> Operation fails!!!
> > >
> > >  /End-Free
> > >  
> > >
> > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
> > >
> > > Birgitta Hauser
> > >
> > > "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
> > > Brown)
> > > "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
> > > "What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them
> > > and keeping them!
> > >