Re: Converting a string to a number in RPG

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will %dec() do what you are looking for?

James Lampert wrote:
> Given a string representation of a number, zero-blanked (and possibly, 
> but not necessarily, even starting in the leftmost position) and with an 
> explicit decimal point (that may or may not be present), and a V5R3 
> target box,
>
> e.g,  "123.45" or "  1.23" or "1.23" or "1.2" or "123"
>
> Is there some *easy* way my addled brain is overlooking, to parse that 
> into a fixed-decimal numeric field (zoned or packed)? Beyond just 
> looping through the character positions and building up the number, 
> digit by digit?
>
>