Re: Converting a string to a number in RPG

[Joe.Maguire@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

> > Joep Beckeringh wrote:
> > Have you considered %dec or %dech?

> James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> At first, I thought you were onto something. Then I tried it.
>
> These functions take numeric expressions, not strings containing 
> representations of numbers.

No, they take character strings alright.  Using your original examples:

D DecField        S              5  2  
  
C                   Eval      MyDecField = %Dec( '123.45' : 5 : 2 )  
C                   Eval      MyDecField = %Dec( '  1.23' : 5 : 2 )  
C                   Eval      MyDecField = %Dec( '1.23'   : 5 : 2 )  
C                   Eval      MyDecField = %Dec( '1.2'    : 5 : 2 )  
C                   Eval      MyDecField = %Dec( '123'    : 5 : 2 )  

The reason I pointed you to the QC2LE function in the first place was that 
'atof' handles extra characters like thousand separators better than 
%Dec/%DecH ... but this is irrelevant for the examples you gave so the 
above will work fine.