Comments on: How to convert a “Numeric-String” with ‘-’ sign and decimal places into pure “Numeric”? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-convert-a-numeric-string-with-sign-and-decimal-places-into-pure-numeric/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:14:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-convert-a-numeric-string-with-sign-and-decimal-places-into-pure-numeric/#comment-78873 tomliotta Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:15:17 +0000 #comment-78873 I tried using %TRIM and then %DEC on it to convert the same, but iam not getting the desired/expected result.

Have you solved your problem? Did the example work for you? If not, you need to show us how you tried to use %TRIM and %DEC. Without seeing your code, there is no way to help you correct the problem.

Tom

]]> By: nullfields http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-convert-a-numeric-string-with-sign-and-decimal-places-into-pure-numeric/#comment-78770 nullfields Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:20:01 +0000 #comment-78770 in COBOL, there is the intrinsic functions of NUMVAL and NUMVAL-C that will do the conversion for you in a single statement.

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