Re: Edit codes/words

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2/22/2017 10:26 AM, Englander, Douglas wrote:

Does anyone have an edit code or edit word they can share that will add a floating plus sign for a positive number?

I can't say I've ever seen this request before. Out of idle curiosity, why?

That's almost always a good question to ask early on. The harder or
trickier the problem, the better it is to ask that question.

Finally I turned to MI, and
edit_packed(). That can handle floating signs.

I applaud the persistence. Sounds like your curiosity led you pretty
far down the rabbit hole, and now the community has another nifty, if
specialized, snippet. :)

Of course, the best RPG way is probably something like

if number >= 0;
edited = %editc(number: 'j'); // whatever
else;
number_positive = number * -1;
edited = '+' + %trim(%editc(number_positive: 'j')); // whatever
endif;

The edit codes with floating left minus are N through Q. (J is fixed
right minus.) And you've got some crossed wires regarding positive and
negative. But yeah, this overall approach seems more appropriate for
RPG.

I think I would do something more like

if number < 0;
edited = %editc(number: 'n');
else;
edited = '+' + %trim(%editc(number: 'n'));
endif;

Tweak as necessary if zero should have no sign.

John Y.