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balukanna

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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:49 pm    Post subject: Need to suppress zeros.
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If there are values
0000004822
and i want it in output as 4822 then how can i suppress these zeroes..
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ashimer

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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject:
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declare your variable as zzzzzzz9999 or -------99999 as per the size required. Z is used for zero suppression....
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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:56 pm    Post subject:
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for more details pls refer

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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iadthelp/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.etools.iseries.langref.doc/c0925395267.htm

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