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Thuntley
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 leading zeros on numeric
leading Zero, Numeric, RPG
In RPG how can I have a numeric field that keeps leading zeros?

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ISeries, RPG
ASKED: April 1, 2010  12:58 PM
UPDATED: April 2, 2010  1:19 AM
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I would say : why not use an edit word, or the %EDITW() function ? You could also defined your own edit code. Could you give us a sample of what you want to do ? Thx
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%editc(number:’X')

Littlepd
 1,130 pts.
 

Since you can’t stop a numeric field from having leading zeros when those positions are zero, I guess we have to assume that the question is about the result of converting a numeric value to a character value, either by assignment to a character field or by printing or displaying the value. The %editx() builtin functions can help for assignments. And edit codes or edit words can help for print or display.

An explanation of what is meant by “have a numeric field that keeps leading zeros” would be helpful.

Tom

TomLiotta
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Need your input – what are you trying to do and are you actually using RPG or RPGLE?

philpl1jb
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