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I still do not understand why either mult by .01 or div by 100, with a
"// extract the most significant 4 digits" comment, is not the easiest
and clearest solution? That keeps the sign, and does all the things
needed.
Question: with the DS solution is the sign lost?
(A long time ago the idea was to use mult instead of div where ever
possible to avoid overlays.)
On 12/11/2013 1:44 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
Chuck,
You're right that %EDITC(num6:'X') will be different from MOVEL if there
are decimal places or if there's a negative value. But this seems
extremely unlikely in the case of an ID field, and the OP's example did
not have decimal places.
However, %CHAR(num6) will strip leading zeros and blanks.
So while it's technically possible for %EDITC to be incorrect, it's
extremely unlikely for this particular scenario. %CHAR, on the other
hand, will almost certainly be wrong.
-SK
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