Is there a built in function available that allows me to remove a comma from an alpha field so I can move the field value to a numeric field. For example, the alpha field is 10 characters long and has a value of 1,000,000. I need it to look like this: 1000000. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Use the %DEC BIF with translation to convert the string to a packed number after converting the commas to blanks. The following example is from the WebSphere(R) Development Studio ILE RPG Reference at the IBM Web site and handles the currency symbol $ and the cheque protect symbol * as well as the thousands separator:
D data s 20a inz('$1,234,567.89')
D num s 21p 9
Eval num = %dec(%xlate('$*,' : ' ' : data) : 21 : 9) ================================== MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC ==================================
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This was first published in November 2004