Re: Convert Character to Numeric

Duane,
I have solved the problem I was having, but your code looks like it might be
useful for other things that I need to do.
It seems that I misunderstood the %Dec BIF in that the length and decimals are
for the result field, not the target.

Thanks for the link.

Jeff Young
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From: "Christen, Duane" <Duane.Christen@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 10:54:15 AM
Subject: RE: Convert Character to Numeric

Jeff;

This is the procedure I built to convert character inputs to the appropriate
type. I believe that the only missing piece from this is the user condition
handler procedure "PROVISIONERUSERCH003". If you want that too I can send it
also.

Strip it down to what you need or fit it into your environment.

Main procedure:
http://code.midrange.com/c15395fffd.html

Copybooks: Some of these are ancient sorry.
http://code.midrange.com/adc27f1a30.html


Duane Christen

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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
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