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softwareengineer
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What happens when we move spaces from x(23) to 9(23).....
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if I move x(23) which has value ''123456789 '' to 9(23)....
what value wil be populated to Numeric value.....
How to pad zeroes instead of Spaces while this movement....as I need that Numeric value for computation??
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raak
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To Pad Zeroes instead of Spaces while moving, u have to use
INSPECT VARIABLE-2 REPLACING ALL SPACES BY ZEROES.
And u have to define the Variable-2 which is 9(23) as JUSTIFIED RIGHT. |
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Phrzby Phil
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| Why not actually test your question and DISPLAY the result field? |
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rajesh_mbt
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| softwareengineer wrote: |
What happens when we move spaces from x(23) to 9(23).....
For Ex:
if I move x(23) which has value ''123456789 '' to 9(23)....
what value wil be populated to Numeric value.....
How to pad zeroes instead of Spaces while this movement....as I need that Numeric value for computation??
Please help. |
Hi
I think it will start from Left to Right (Left alignment) since, the movement is from alpa-num to num, and the remaining space would be filled by zeros.
Eg
MOVE X TO N
WHERE X IS PIC X(10) VALUE ?12345?
N IS PIC 9(10).
For the above example.
N will contain 1234500000 unless you explicitly specify as right alignment. |
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sachin_star3
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YES
RAJESH IS CORRECT
REMAING FILLED IS AUTOMATICALLY FILLED BY ZEROES
FROM -
SACHIN BORASE |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Rather that post what we think will happen, it is most often better to just run a little test and be sure what will happen (at least on your system),
This code
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01 SOMESTUFF3.
05 THE-XFIELD PIC X(10) VALUE '12345 '.
05 THE-NUMBER PIC 9(10).
MOVE THE-XFIELD TO THE-NUMBER.
DISPLAY THE-NUMBER.
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Changing the x field to
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05 THE-XFIELD PIC X(10) VALUE '12345'.
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gives the same result.
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| 05 THE-XFIELD PIC X(10) VALUE '12345ABCD+'. |
gives
Changing the instructions to move a value into the x field, then moving the x field to the number
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MOVE 12345 TO THE-XFIELD.
MOVE THE-XFIELD TO THE-NUMBER.
DISPLAY THE-NUMBER.
MOVE '12345__)) ' TO THE-XFIELD.
MOVE THE-XFIELD TO THE-NUMBER.
DISPLAY THE-NUMBER. |
gives
Note that in no case was the receiving field padded with zeros.
If you'd like to try any others, have a go on your system. . . . |
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mmwife
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Hi SE,
Probably the simplest way to "move" it is:
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COMPUTE PIC-9 = FUNCTION NUMVAL (PIC-X) |
These intrinsic functions (e.g. NUMVAL) can also be invoked thru LE subroutines (their prefix is CEE - check the manual for details).
One advantage is that they return a non-zero code when the sending field contains invalid data - e.g. 12Y456, where the FUNCTION will abend the pgm. But if you're sure of the content the FUNCTION approach might be OK. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Before the COMPUTE you could/should specifically check if NOT NUMERIC and deal with it before the code can abend - a programmed error message/user abend is far preferable to an 0c7 or other uncontrolled abend. |
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mmwife
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Hi Dick,
Unfortunately there may be spaces in the sending field causing the NUMERIC test to fail. I think the LE call may be the only way to get around that problem.
That, or the brute force method of moving it byte by byte to a zero filled receiving field, checking for non-numerics along the way. |
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dick scherrer
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Yup, there may be - i'm guessing there will be. I should have been more complete with my "NOT NUMERIC" suggestion.
For TS -
Before any "move" can be done with that PIC X data to some kind of numeric field, the rules for the field have to be defined. Are both leading and trailing spaces valid? Might there be commas, a decimal point, or a sign? And on, and on. . .
Simply changing the spaces to zeros will most likely give an undesirable result. Replacing 3 trailing spaces with 3 zeros just multiplied the value by 1000. 
Putting the code into production without the proper edits is just begging for a call when the job abends in the middle of the night. . . |
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