Re: Function %char & Editcode *iso&

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Buzz

Use zero (0) instead of ampersand (&) - just tried it and it worked - 
this was mentioned in a recent thread, so I remembered it!

Vern

On 3/17/2016 3:09 PM, Buzz Fenner wrote:
> In the Built-In Function %char, there is an edit code, '*iso&' which, according to the manual will take a timestamp data type and edit it by stripping out all special characters, leaving you with a string populated with numbers. Here's the example:
>
> DCL-S timestamp6 TIMESTAMP INZ(Z'1997-02-03-12.45.59.123456');
> DCL-S result VARCHAR(100);
> result = %CHAR(timestamp6 : *iso&);
>     // result = '19970203124559123456'
> I cannot get this to work as advertised. Has anyone else attempted the use of this edit code?
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