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This solution would be problematic with negative numbers, by the way.

Vern

On 3/24/2011 10:04 AM, paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
One way would be to use a data structure:

Thedata DS
Char 11 a
Zone 11 s 0 4 overlay(char)

Or :

New_value = %dec(char : 11 : 4) / 10000

Paul Therrien
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jeff Young
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:30 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Help with %Dec

Given an 11 char field with the value of '00000639000', I am attempting to
use
%Dec to convert it to an 11.4 position numeric field.
new_value = %dec(char : 11 : 4).
I *want* the result to be 63.9000, but am getting 639000.0000 as my result.
What am I not understanding about how this works, and what would be the best
way
to get the desired result.

TIA,
Jeff Young
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