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If i understand you correctly, you have something like this: '
1234567' and it might be defined as 7 digits and 2 decuimal places in
the file. You want to put it in a field that is defined as 15.5 (for
example).

Convert the character field to a numeric field with no decimal points
using %dec.
Divide the number by 10 raised to the number of decimal places (eg 2
would be 100, 3 would be 1000)

Albert


On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
%dec should work for you.

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On Mar 2, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Jeff Young <cooljeff913@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a character field where the number of digits and decimal places is stored
in a file.
I need to convert this to a fixed length numeric field that is defined in my
program.
It appears that the %Dec BIF required a literal or a value that is known at
compile time.
What is the best way to do this?

Thanks,

Jeff Young
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