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Jeff,

I'd create a procedure which gets passed a text string, digits and decimals and returns a numeric value.

Paul Morgan

Principal Programmer Analyst
IT Supply Chain/Replenishment


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Young
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 1:48 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Convert Character to Numeric

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
Sr. Programmer Analyst
IBM -e(logo) server Certified Systems Exper - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2 
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