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On 2017-02-23 2:29 PM, John Yeung wrote:
...
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.

It might also need tweaking if "edited" isn't always trimmed before being used. The result for negative numbers would have leading blanks that would not be there for positive values. So trimming in both cases would give a consistent result.

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

It would get quite icky if they wanted the untrimmed result. The positive case would have to add the right amount of leading blanks.

if number < 0;
edited = %editc(number: 'N');
else;
edited = %subst(blanks : 1 : how_many?)
+ '+' + %trim(%editc(number: 'N'));
endif;


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