Re: Help with %Dec

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Any more problematic than some of the other suggested solutions? 
Seems nobody asked what the origin of the "char field" was, so each 
resolution simply made an assumption for whatever was left unstated. 
Given the data in the "char field" was originally storage for a DDS 
defined 11S04 [AKA S(11,4)], then the overlay is probably the best 
solution.?  The value '0000063900}' being evaluated as negative 63.9 
might function better with an overlay than with %dec()?

Regards, Chuck

On 3/24/11 8:14 AM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
> This solution would be problematic with negative numbers, by the way.
>
> On 3/24/2011 10:04 AM, paultherrien 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
> >
> > Jeff Young  on Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:30 AM wrote:
> >
> > > 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.