RE: Converting a string to a number in RPG

["Frances Denoncourt" <Frances.Denoncourt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It just so happens that I had just written a clunky routine to convert a character field to numeric when I saw these posts.
The value is      LETOTL = '      1,492.05' 
So, I tried this instead: 
 Eval      #Amount = %Dec(LETOTL:11:2) 
Where #Amount is defined 
D #Amount         S             11  2
However, I got this error message:
A character representation of a numeric value is in error.
 
Is my problem with the comma?
We are at V5R4M0
Thanks,
 
 
Fran Denoncourt
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> > > On 12/29/2008 at 8:08 AM, in message <OF69A3F30F.2F65B4DE-ON8525752E.0052F151-8525752E.005338D4@xxxxxxxxx>, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Check the V5R3 RPGLE Reference available via the infocenter at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/books/sc092508.pdf 

Since V5R3 is scheduled for destruction in a few months you may want to 
download that.

Rob Berendt