Re: EDITC and EDITW

[B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I have to admit I had the same issue a while back and posted my
response here:

https://www.fieldexit.com/forum/display?threadid=456

Thankfully someone else replied with the H spec code that worked even
better.  :)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:30 AM Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Brad!
>
> I didn't even consider DECEDIT h-spec..
>
> Charles
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:14 AM B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Try adding:
> >
> > H DECEDIT('0.')
> >
> > Then you can use:
> >
> > yajl_addNum('number': %char(number));
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bradley V. Stone
> > www.bvstools.com
> > MAILTOOL Benefit #13 <https://www.bvstools.com/mailtool.html>: The
> ability
> > to use an IFS stream file as the body of the email (either text or html).
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:09 AM Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I am admittedly very rusty with edit codes and edit words, %char() is
> > > usually all I every need.
> > >
> > > Just to make sure I'm not missing something...
> > >
> > > There doesn't appear to be an edit code that will give me
> > > - left hand negative sign
> > > - lead zero if number less than 1.00
> > >
> > > packed(5:2) examples
> > > "-0.95"
> > > "-2.25"
> > > "0.55"
> > > "5.23"
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, it doesn't appear that EDITW supports a left hand side negative
> > sign?
> > > Lastly, doesn't appear SQL can do it either...
> > >
> > > Guess I'll need an alternative for a valid JSON number...
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Charles